Sleepwalking (film)
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | Sleepwalking |
| Original title | Sleepwalking |
| Country of production | USA , Canada |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 2008 |
| length | 101 minutes |
| Rod | |
| Director | William Maher |
| script | Zac Stanford |
| production |
AJ Dix , JJ Harris , Beth Kono , Rob Merilees , Charlize Theron |
| music | Christopher Young |
| camera | Juan Ruiz Anchía |
| cut | Stuart Levy |
| occupation | |
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Sleepwalking is a US - Canadian drama from 2008. Directed by William Maher and written by Zac Stanford .
action
Joleen Reedy's friend is arrested for a drug offense, after which she and her eleven-year-old daughter Tara have to leave the house he has shared with him. Joleen turns to her younger brother James, who gives her and her daughter shelter. Joleen meets a new man with whom she moves away. James then takes care of Tara alone until he loses his job and has to hand over his niece to a nursing home.
With James 'help, Tara escapes the nursing home, and after a difficult escape from the authorities, they both find refuge with James' father, who, however, demands hard physical labor on his ranch from them as the price for the asylum . When the old man beats Tara because she cannot do the work, James kills him.
background
The film was shot in Saskatchewan ( Canada ) and had its world premiere on January 22, 2008 at the Sundance Film Festival before it was released on March 14, 2008 in selected cinemas in the USA.
Reviews
Ronnie Scheib wrote on January 22nd, 2008 in the online edition of the magazine Variety that the noticeably gloomy pictures and well-known actors created emotional intensity. The overly simple script, however, makes the dramaturgical result less than the sum of the parts ("the overly simplistic script by Zac Stanford [...] hits nothing but high notes, making the whole dramatically less than the sum of its parts").
Web links
- Sleepwalking in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Sleepwalking at rotten tomatoes (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ See locations on imdb.com
- ↑ See premiere dates on imdb.com
- ^ Ronnie Scheib: Sleepwalking . In: Variety , January 22, 2008.