Lucy, a university student, enters a secretive world where she sleeps for wealthy clients. Boundaries blur in this eerie tale of control and consent.
In Sleeping Beauty, Lucy is a quiet, detached university student juggling low-paying jobs. Lured into a shadowy world of erotic submission, she’s paid to be sedated and lie unconscious while wealthy men visit, never touching, never waking her. As she surrenders control, Lucy becomes obsessed with uncovering what happens while she sleeps. A chilling exploration of agency, identity, and desire.
Rialto Recommends: Sleeping Beauty. Mentored by Jane Campion, Julia Leigh’s haunting debut drifts between eroticism and alienation as a young woman enters a world of unconscious submission. A hypnotic study of power, desire, and the unsettling cost of surrender.
Cast
Emily Browning (Lucy), Michael Dorman (Cook), Rachael Blake (Clara)
Director
Writer
Language
English
Closed Captions [CC]
English
Country
Australia
Studio
Transmission Films