Rent Sleep (2020)
3.0 of 5 from 61 ratings
1h 42min
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- Synopsis:
- Tormented by recurring nightmares of a place she has never been, Marlene (Sandra Hüller) cannot help but investigate when she discovers the place is real. Once there, she suffers a breakdown and is admitted to a psychiatric ward. Determined to discover what happened to her, Mona (Gro Swantje Kohlhof), her daughter, follows and finds herself in Stainbach, an idyllic village with a dark history. What is it that so tormented her mother, and the people of Stainbach? What is the source of the nightmares she suffers? And who is the mysterious Trude (Agata Buzek) that lives in the forest?
- Actors:
- Swantje Kohlhof, Sandra Hüller, August Schmölzer, Marion Kracht, Agata Buzek, Max Hubacher, Martina Schöne-Radunski, Katharina Behrens, Andreas Anke, Benjamin Heinrich, Josefine Schäferhoff, Samuel Weiss, Stefan Böth, Yun Huang, Bianca Riebow, Frank Schroeder, Michael Schröter
- Directors:
- Michael Venus
- Producers:
- Verena Gräfe-Höft
- Writers:
- Thomas Friedrich, Michael Venus
- Aka:
- Schlaf
- Genres:
- Horror, Thrillers
- Countries:
- Germany
- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 24/01/2022
- Run Time:
- 102 minutes
- Languages:
- German DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1
- Subtitles:
- English
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Widescreen 2.39:1
- Colour:
- Colour
- BLU-RAY Regions:
- B
- Bonus:
- Audio commentary by film critic and historian Kim Newman and author Sean Hogan
- 'A Strange Dark Magic', a visual essay by film scholar Alexandra Heller-Nicholas
- 'Sleepwalking through National Trauma', a visual essay by film critic Anton Bitel
- 'Dream and Folktale' in Sleep, an interview with anthropologist, dream researcher, and filmmaker Louise S. Milne
- 'This is No Dream', a short introduction by Director Michael Venus and Star Gro Swantje-Kohlof
- Talking in their Sleep, director Michael Venus and star Gro Swantje Kohlhof in conversation
- 'A Dream We Dream Together', a compilation of film festival introductions created during lockdown by director Michael Venus and the cast of 'Sleep'
- Making Dreams Come True, a glimpse behind the scenes of 'Sleep'
- Deleted Scenes
- Marlene's Sketches, explore the many obsessive dream journal sketches that are only glimpsed in the film, created by artist Christoph Vieweg, presented here in full
- Trailer
- Image Gallery
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Reviews (1) of Sleep
Oh dear oh dear - Sleep review by PT
The actors were really good, the story was an awful mess. There could have been a good tale to tell but this film was really bad.
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