The Sleeping Beauty

The Sleeping Beauty

85 mins | Drama, Fantasy | Sept. 3, 2010

On the heels of the mesmeric “Bluebeard” comes this wonderfully idiosyncratic, heady and erotic exploration of another classic Charles Perrault fairy tale by French cinema’s endlessly probing and brilliant provocateuse. Time-tripping with a truly precocious heroine, we follow a once-cursed six-year-old princess as she awakens a century later at the ripe old age of 16.

The Sleeping Beauty

85 mins | Drama, Fantasy | Sept. 3, 2010

The Sleeping Beauty
On the heels of the mesmeric “Bluebeard” comes this wonderfully idiosyncratic, heady and erotic exploration of another classic Charles Perrault fairy tale by French cinema’s endlessly probing and brilliant provocateuse. Time-tripping with a truly precocious heroine, we follow a once-cursed six-year-old princess as she awakens a century later at the ripe old age of 16.
IMDb rating 5.8
Producers ARTE France Cinéma, CB Films, Flach Films
Original title La belle endormie
Directors Gwenaëlle Duriaud, Catherine Breillat
Writers Hans Christian Andersen, Charles Perrault, Catherine Breillat

Cast

Carla Besnaïnou

as Anastasia

Julia Artamonov

as Anastasia 16 ans

Kerian Mayan

as Peter

David Chausse

as Johan

Luna Charpentier

as Petite brigande

Rhizlaine El Cohen

as Brigande adulte

Dounia Sichov

as Fée aînée

Leslie Lipkins

as Fée puînée

Camille Chalons

as Fée cadette

Diana Rudychenko

as Véroutchka

Romane Portail

as Reine des Neiges