#49. Sleeping Beauty
Director/Writer: Julie Leigh
Producer: Jessica Brenthall
Distributor: Rights Available.
The Gist: A haunting erotic fairy tale about Lucy, a student who drifts into prostitution and finds her niche as a woman who sleeps, drugged, in a ‘Sleeping Beauty chamber’ while men do to her what she can‘t remember the next morning.….(more)
Cast: Emily Browning, Michael Dorman and Rachael Blake
List Worthy Reasons…: In a year where it’s Hardwicke’s fairy tale adaptation of Red Riding Hood that might be receiving the most attention, I’d place my money on Julia Leigh’s vision of Sleeping Beauty being the edgier, and the more noteworthy fair. The Filmmaker Magazine Top 25 New Face director from Australia worked from a 2008 Black List favorite – which I haven’t read but I’ve heard is quite good on paper.
Release Date/Status?: Cannes or Venice?
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