Marlene is tormented by recurring nightmares, filling notebooks with vivid drawings. Determined to face her inner demons, she checks into a mysterious hotel in the village of Steinbach, portrayed in her drawings. Upon discovering the real-life effects of her dreams, Marlene suffers from a nervous breakdown. Her daughter, Mona, rushes to her side, only to experience similar ghastly visions. Blurring the lines between the visible and the subconscious, this never-ending tangle of family trauma unravels through an echo chamber of collective guilt.
Sleep
Schlaf
61st TIFF: Greek premiere
Screening Schedule
No physical screenings scheduled. |
- Direction: Michael Venus
- Script: Thomas Friedrich & Michael Venus
- Cinematography: Marius von Felbert
- Editing: Silke Olthoff
- Sound: Tim Stephan & Kevin Kraus
- Music: Johannes Lehninger & Sebastian Damerius
- Actors: Gro Swantje Kohlhof, Sandra Hüller, August Schmölzer, Marion Kracht
- Production: Junafilm
- Producers: Verena Gräfe-Höft
- Co-production: ZDF – Das kleine Fernsehspiel
- Sets: Lena Mundt
- Format: DCP
- Color: Color
- Production Country: Germany
- Production Year: 2020
- Duration: 101΄
- Contact: Global Screen Alice Buquoy alice.buquoy@globalscreen.de
Michael Venus
Filmography
2012 Fluss (short)
2020 Sleep
2020 Sleep