House of the Sleeping Beauties

Name: House of the Sleeping Beauties
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Released: November 14, 2008
Duration: 99 min
Rating: 21

2008

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First Run Features | Release Date: November 14, 2008

Summary: Edmond, a man in his sixties whose wife has recently passed away, is told about a secret establishment where men can spend an entire night in bed alongside beautiful, sleeping young women, who stretch, roll over and dream, but never awaken. Bedazzled by their seductive yet innocent tenderness, but distressed about the reason for their deepEdmond, a man in his sixties whose wife has recently passed away, is told about a secret establishment where men can spend an entire night in bed alongside beautiful, sleeping young women, who stretch, roll over and dream, but never awaken. Bedazzled by their seductive yet innocent tenderness, but distressed about the reason for their deep sleep, he delves into the mystery of the house of sleeping beauties. Based on the beautifully strange novella by Yasunari Kawabata, acclaimed writer-director Vadim Glowna has crafted a mysterious thriller about loneliness, sex, eroticism and mortality. (First Run Features)
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Director: Vadim Glowna

Genre(s): Drama, Thriller

Runtime: 99 min

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V.A. Musetto

It would be easy to dismiss House of the Sleeping Beauties as a lewd male fantasy, but that would be ignoring the German film's deeper purpose as - in the words of the director, Vadim Glowna - a meditation on "transition, remembrance, mourning, guilt, loneliness, sex and death, eroticism and dying." Read full review

Andrew O'Hehir

A self-indulgent and icky film, but reasonably well made and undeniably addictive. Read full review

Frank Scheck

Ultimately, the film doesn't succeed in its thematic aspirations, proving yet again that great literature doesn't usually transfer successfully to the screen. Read full review

Roger Ebert

House of the Sleeping Beauties has missed its ideal release window by about 40 years. It might -- might -- have found an audience in that transitional period between soft- and hard-core. Read full review

Jeannette Catsoulis

Not even the august presence of Maximilian Schell can dispel the odor of fusty smut that clings to House of the Sleeping Beauties, a clammy meditation on sex, death and the endless fascination of unclothed innocence. Read full review

J.R. Jones

Glowna presents this smoky German feature as an elegy for lost youth, but it's so tumescent with male self-pity that I couldn't wait for it to end. Read full review

Vadim Rizov

One of the year's worst releases. A second viewing of "Synecdoche" would be less painful. Read full review

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