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Sleeping Beauty

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2008 · 109 min Drama
5.5 / 10 · TMDB

Do-yeon, a 6th grade elementary school student, meets her cousin Sang-jun at her grandmother's funeral. On the last day of the funeral Do-yeon and Sang-jun go into an empty classroom near the funeral. There they have their first sexual experience. Lee Rae, a single women in her 50's, lives with her father who suffers from Alzheimer's. She raises ducks, but recently got rid of them because of Avian Influenza. Her father's physical and mental health has also worsened. He even asks Lee Rae to touch him inappropriately. 17 year old Su-Jin was smuggled into the country by professional brokers. She was adopted into a family that lives in a countryside farm. On her first day at the farm she was raped by her stepfather. They also share the same bedroom. Su-Jin is continuously accosted by her stepfather. Su-jin sole source of comfort is the grandson, who sympathizes with Su-jJn and her plight. He is a victim of physical abuse from the stepfather. Su-Jin then becomes pregnant.

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Original Title 슬리핑 뷰티
Year 2008
Country South Korea
Genre Drama
Director Lee Han-na
Runtime 109 min.
Rating TMDB: 5.5/10 (2 votes)

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The film constructs three parallel narratives of boundary violation, relying on a minimalist visual palette and extended static shots. It explores trauma not through emotional outbursts, but through the physical claustrophobia of the frame and the weight of unspoken words.

What lingers after viewing is a stark, unsentimental testimony to the quiet violence of the everyday. The audience is confronted with the brutal economies of the body and the isolating prisons of domestic space. — MovieFinder Editorial

Director: Lee Han-na

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