Sleep
Local title
Maga
Original title
Schlaf
Director
Michael Venus
Country
Germany
Year
2020
Marlene (Sandra Hüller), a woman plagued by horrific dreams, suffers a nervous breakdown in a remote village. As her 19-year-old daughter Mona (Gro Swantje Kohlhof) follows, she comes upon a well-kept family secret and an old curse that ultimately threatens her life - a never-ending nightmare…
The psychological thriller “Sleep” tells the gripping story of three generations of women fatefully bound together and a village community haunted by a never-ending nightmare. Sandra Hüller, widely known for her stunning performance in the Oscar-nominated “Toni Erdmann”, and Gro Swantje Kohlhof, one of the leads in the zombie horror “Ever After”.
Director
Michael Venus
Screenwriter
Thomas Friedrich, Michael Venus
Cast
Gro Swantje Kohlhof, Sandra Hüller, August Schmölzer
Producer
Verena Gräfe-Höft (1)
DoP
Marius von Felbert
Editor
Silke Olthoff
Music
Sebastian Damerius, Johannes Lehniger
Production
Junafilm, ZDF
Runtime
Language
German
Subtitles
English
Other festivals
Neuchatel, Berlinale, Chicago
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