Sleeping Beauty

 

Sleeping Beauty is a 2011 Australian erotic drama film written and directed by Julia Leigh in her directorial debut.^[3] The film stars Emily Browning as a young university student.^[4] She takes up a part-time high-paying job with a mysterious group that caters to rich men and women who like the company of nude sleeping young women. Lucy is required to sleep alongside paying customers and be absolutely submissive to their erotic desires, fulfilling their fantasies by voluntarily entering into physical unconsciousness.^[5]

The film is based on influences that include Leigh's own dream experiences, and the novels The House of the Sleeping Beauties and Memories of My Melancholy Whores by Nobel laureates Yasunari Kawabata and Gabriel García Márquez, respectively

Directed by	Julia Leigh
Screenplay by	Julia Leigh
Produced by	Jessica Brentnall
Starring	Emily Browning Rachael Blake Ewen Leslie Peter Carroll Chris Haywood
Cinematography	Geoffrey Simpson
Edited by	Nick Meyers
Music by	Ben Frost
Production companies	Screen Australia Magic Films Screen NSW Deluxe Australia Spectrum Films Big Ears Productions
Distributed by	Paramount Pictures
Release dates	12 May 2011 (Cannes) 23 June 2011 (Australia)
Running time	102 minutes
Country	Australia
Language	English