Sleeping Beauty

  • March 15, 2014 / 15:30
  • March 19, 2014 / 17:30

Director: Catherine Breillat
Cast: Carla Besnainou, Julia Artamonov, Kerian Mayan, David Chausse
France, 82’, 2010, color

French with Turkish subtitles

Once upon a time: fairy Carabosse cuts the navel cord of a new born baby called Anastasia. “Too late,” she says, “A needle will sting her hand at sixteen and she will die.” The other fairies start to cry: Nobody deserves to sleep for a hundred years... A hundred years! Sleeping! Even though the fairies can’t inhibit the curse they find a way for the girl to bear those hundred years: bestow onto her the ability to travel far lands in her dreams.

Advisory warning: Suitable for adult audiences only. Contains scenes of nudity and violence which some audiences may find disturbing.

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