Sleeping Beauty (2011)

A haunting portrait of Lucy, a young university student drawn into a mysterious hidden world of unspoken desires.

Director:

Julia Leigh

Writers:

Yasunari Kawabata (idea), Julia Leigh (screenplay)

Stars:

Emily Browning, Rachael Blake, Ewen Leslie

5 wins & 29 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Bridgette Barrett	...	Dinner Waitress
Rachael Blake	...	Clara
Hannah Bella Bowden	...	Dinner Waitress
Emily Browning	...	Lucy
Alan Cardy	...	Dinner Guest
Peter Carroll	...	Man 1
Les Chantery	...	Driver
Benita Collings	...	Dinner Guest
Michael Dorman	...	Cook
Eden Falk	...	Thomas
Anni Finsterer	...	Train Riding Hairdresser
Mirrah Foulkes	...	Sophie
James Fraser	...	Guy with Ticket
Robin Goldsworthy	...	Flatmate
Vernon Hayman	...	Dinner Guest

Storyline

Lucy is a university student who is working a number of jobs. She volunteers at a research lab, works at a coffee shop, and as a photocopy clerk in an office. She responds to an advertisement and embarks on an erotic freelance job in which she is required to sleep in bed alongside paying customers.

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Plot Keywords:

sadomasochism | perversion | rape | female full frontal nudity | female star appears nude | 

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Genres:

Drama | Romance | Thriller

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Certificate:

Not Rated

Details

Official Sites:

Official Facebook Official site

Country:

Australia

Language:

English

Release Date:

2 December 2011 (USA)

Also Known As:

Alvó szépség

Filming Locations:

University of Sydney, Camperdown, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Box Office

Budget:

AUD 3,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

AUD 70,204 (Australia), 26 June 2011, Limited Release

Opening Weekend USA:

$9,207, 4 December 2011, Limited Release

Gross USA:

$37,710

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$435,468

Company Credits

Production Co:

Screen Australia, Magic Films, Screen NSW

Technical Specs

Runtime:

101 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Was the first Australian movie to premiere in competition at the Cannes Film Festival since Moulin Rouge! (2001) a decade before.

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Goofs

When Lucy is telling her mom her credit card number she only says twelve digits. Visa cards have thirteen or sixteen.

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Quotes

Clara: A shower always works wonders.

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Connections

Referenced in The Cinema Snob: Sodom and Gomorrah: The Last Seven Days (2012)

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Soundtracks

What Gives
Written by Deniz Tek (as D. Tek) and Warwick Gilbert (as W. Gilbert)

User Reviews

A W****House of different type so as the Movie

SLEEPING BEAUTY – CATCH IT ( B- ) Sleeping Beauty is an erotic Australian movie about a w****House of a different kind. A young girl gets involves herself into W****house, where she doesn't have to prostitute herself but let herself to sleep for hours while other abuse her body in most disguising way. The subject matter of the movie is shocking and it shows us a side of people under their suits. How far humans can go for to fulfill their twisted fetishes? Human may have started wearing clothes and behaved civilized but under closed doors they're worst than animals. For me watching Emily Browning in such an erotic role was surprising. Watching her for the first time in Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events with Jim Carrey to this is defiantly a surprise. Emily Browning has done a tremendous job, not only she is stunningly beautiful but she allows herself to go that raunchier in it. Michael Dorman was okay. On the whole the movie is good but it doesn't show us the purpose of making it. Was it just a shock value or director could not go more into the reason behind these psychotic fetishes?