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THE SLEEPWALKERS (LOS SONÁMBULOS)
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Completed - SPANISH - Drama - 107 minutes

Log Line

A woman and her 14 year-old daughter, a sleepwalker in the teenage awakening. A ritualistic and endogamic family: grandmother, siblings and cousins. Summer, sweat, alcohol, naked bodies. A New Year's celebration in the family's ancestral country home is the necessary trap to awaken the sleepwalkers.

Previous markets

  • Toronto 2019 (Premiere)
  • Busan 2019 (Line up)
  • Ventana Sur 2019 (Line up)
  • Cannes 2023 (Line up)
Full history

Year of production : 2019

Director(s) : Paula HERNANDEZ
Writer(s) : Paula HERNÁNDEZ
Cast : Érica RIVAS, Luis ZIEMBROWSKY, Daniel HENDLER, Marilu MARINI, Valeria LOIS, Ornella D´ELIA, Rafael FEDERMAN

Producer(s) : Juan pablo MILLER (TAREA FINA SRL), Santiago LÓPEZ (ORIENTAL FEATURES)

Synopsis

A woman, Luisa, and her 14 year-old daughter, a sleepwalker in the teenage awakening. A marriage at the edge of a silenced crisis. A ritualistic and endogamic family: grandmother, siblings, and cousins. Summer, sweat, alcohol. Naked bodies, bodies in transition and their gazes upon those new bodies. A New Year's celebration in the family's ancestral country home is the necessary trap to awaken the sleepwalkers.

Market status

  • CAN
    Screening Requested

Production

Country(ies) : ARGENTINA, URUGUAY

Festivals and Awards

Toronto - TIFF 2019 Platform
San Sebastian FF 2019 Horizontes Latinos
Busan IFF 2019 World Cinema
Ventana Sur 2019
Chicago International Film Festival 2019 (International Competition)


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