Sleep

"Something awakens."

2023 1h 34m KO

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6.7

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★6.7TMDB · 266

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Synopsis

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A pregnant wife who becomes worried about her husband’s sleeping habits. What starts out as some light sleep-talking soon escalates to unexpectedly grotesque behaviour. They consult a sleep clinic without success and as his nightmarish behaviour escalates, they desperately seek help from a shaman.

“Something awakens.”

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Cast

Jung Yu-mi
Soo-jin
Lee Sun-kyun
Hyun-su
Kim Guk-hee
Min-jung
Lee Kyung-jin
Soo-jin's Mother
Yoon Kyung-ho
Doctor
Kim Keum-soon
Shaman
Choi Ah-rin
Ha-yoon
Kim Jun
Jin-hyeok

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Jason Yu
Writers: Jason Yu
Languages: Korean
Countries: South Korea

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ERA

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Released 3 years ago.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Jason Yu, shot by Kim Tae-soo. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Original score by Jang Hyeok-jin. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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DIRECTOR

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Editor Han Mi-yeon shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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CAST

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Jung Yu-mi and Lee Sun-kyun and Kim Guk-hee carry the top of the cast.

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FACT

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Marketing tagline: "Something awakens.".

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WILD

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IMDB entry: tt8209702 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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The take

Jason Yu directs. Kim Tae-soo behind the camera. Jang Hyeok-jin scores. Han Mi-yeon cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in South Korea. Dialogue in Korean.

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Things worth knowing

1Released 3 years ago.
2Directed by Jason Yu, shot by Kim Tae-soo. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
3Original score by Jang Hyeok-jin. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
4Editor Han Mi-yeon shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
5Jung Yu-mi and Lee Sun-kyun and Kim Guk-hee carry the top of the cast.
6Marketing tagline: "Something awakens.".
7IMDB entry: tt8209702 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

The technical file

Cinematography: Kim Tae-soo
Original score: Jang Hyeok-jin
Editing: Han Mi-yeon
Production design: Shin Yoo-jin
Costume design: Yang Hyeon-seo
Makeup / hair: Kim Eun-ha
VFX supervisor: Kim Dong-myeong
Runtime: 94 min · 1h 34m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.78:1 (16:9)
Status: Released
Box office: $11,033,636
Original language: KO
IMDB: Sleep (2023)

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CinemaSerf2024-07-17
★ 7/10
The expecting "Min Jeong" (Kim Gook Hee) is getting a little concerned when her actor husband "Hyun-su" (Yoon Kyung-ho) wakes up one morning having badly scratched his face in his sleep. He just puts it down to nerves but some peculiar midnight snacking habits coupled with some rather perilous somnambulist activity now ensue making a visit to the doctor (Soon Kyung-ho) inevitable. After a bit of monitoring, he discovers that his REM sleep pattern is all over the place so some medication is prescribed and that ought to be that. Except, things actually become more bizarre - especially if you are their yapping dog. When a new neighbour (Jung Yu-mi) moves in downstairs and it turns to that she happens to be the daughter of the flat's previous occupant with whom our couple didn't get on, things start to become quite engagingly sinister with both starting to wonder if they are simply going mad or is there something more supernatural going on? At times this is quite enjoyably surreal, with Kim Gook Hee and Lee Sun-kyun gelling well as the story quirkily develops with some dark humour peppering the plot and I did really quite like the last ten minutes - daft as they were. Given the generally predictable and dull direction taken by so much of the light-horror genre recently, this offers a different take on a theme that packs quite a lot of fun, mysticism and daftness into ninety minutes. No, it's not remotely scary and maybe you ought make sure you keep your rechargeable tools under firm lock and key!

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