# Sleeping Beauty (2011)

> A financially strained university student enters an enigmatic world of paid sleeping arrangements where erotic service becomes a study in detachment, control, and chosen oblivion.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/movie/44672

## Facts

- Runtime: 102 min
- Genres: Drama, Romance
- Director: Julia Leigh
- Cast: Emily Browning, Rachael Blake, Ewen Leslie, Peter Carroll, Chris Haywood, Hugh Keays-Byrne, Tammy Macintosh, Eden Falk
- TMDB rating: 5.4/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1588398/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: slow
- Intensity: strong
- Complexity: layered
- Violence: mild
- Mood: chilly, eerie, surreal, arthouse film night, late night viewing

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