Sleep

Showings

The Main 2 Fri, Apr 19 9:45 PM
The Main 2 Tue, Apr 23 9:45 PM
Film Info
Accessibility:HI
Captions:SUB
Festival:MSPIFF43
Original Title:?
Festival Programs:Dark Out
Breakthrough
Release Year:2023
Runtime:94 min
Country/Region:South Korea
Language:Korean
Print Source:Magnolia Pictures
Trailer:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XkSZRcbjkWA
Tags:Asian Frontiers
Drama
Horror
Mystery
Cast/Crew
Director:Jason Yu
Producer:Lewis Tae-wan Kim
Kim Hee-kyoung
Cinematographer:Kim Tae-soo
Screenwriter:Jason Yu
Editor:Han Mee-yeon
Composer:Chang Hyuk-jin
Chang Yong-jin
Principal Cast:Jung Yu-mi
Lee Sun-kyun

Description

Hyun-su and Soo-jin are recently married, installed in a cozy apartment, and expecting their first child. But soon Hyun-su begins sleepwalking, his nightly sojourns becoming increasingly troubling until Soo-jin begins to wonder if her unborn child is his subconscious target.

In the daylight (and wide awake), Soo-jin’s beloved Hyun-su is a happy man, with a good job, utterly devoted to his wife and so eager for the child. Old-fashioned, Soo-jin believes it’s a wife’s duty to stick by her man, but is her man two different men–the good in waking life, the bad in his walking dreams? Jason Yu’s startling debut is a mix of Cronenbergian body horror and Hitchcockian suspense, and is sure to keep audiences on the edge of their seat.

“A directorial debut of poised peril that should inspire both laughs and a few sleepless nights.” –Nick Schager, The Daily Beast

Content advisory: violence