Sleep With Your Eyes Open

Brasilien Argentinien Taiwan Deutschland 2022-2024 Spielfilm

Summary

A coastal city in Brazil. Kai arrives on holiday from Taiwan with a broken heart. A malfunctioning air conditioner leads her to end up in Fu Ang’s umbrella shop. He could become a friend, but then the rainy season fails to arrive and the shop closes. While searching for Fu Ang, Kai comes across Xiao Xin and a group of Chinese workers in a fancy high-rise building. Kai finds herself strangely mirrored in Xiao Xin’s story.

This quiet comedy of misunderstandings does not follow a traditional dramaturgy. The protagonists, performed by an ensemble of first-time actors and professionals, come and go unexpectedly. From one unknown city to the next, they follow the demands of their work. But over the course of a hot, slow summer, delicate bonds grow between them like islands in a sea full of sharks.

Source: 74. Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin (Catalogue)

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Credits

All Credits

Shoot

    • 03.10.2022 - 04.11.2022: Recife
Duration:
97 min
Format:
DCP, 1:1,85
Video/Audio:
Farbe, 5.1
Censorship/Age rating:

FSK-Prüfung (DE): 29.04.2024, 256405, ab 16 Jahre / feiertagsfrei

Screening:

Uraufführung (DE): 17.02.2024, Berlin, IFF - Encounters;
Kinostart (DE): 13.06.2024

Titles

  • Originaltitel (DE) Sleep With Your Eyes Open
  • Originaltitel (BR AR) Dormir de olhos abertos
  • Arbeitstitel Do Fish Sleep With Their Eyes Open?
  • Arbeitstitel ¿Duermen los peces con los ojos abiertos?
  • Arbeitstitel (DE) Schlafe mit offenen Augen

Versions

Original

Duration:
97 min
Format:
DCP, 1:1,85
Video/Audio:
Farbe, 5.1
Censorship/Age rating:

FSK-Prüfung (DE): 29.04.2024, 256405, ab 16 Jahre / feiertagsfrei

Screening:

Uraufführung (DE): 17.02.2024, Berlin, IFF - Encounters;
Kinostart (DE): 13.06.2024

Awards

IFF Berlin 2024
  • FIPRESCI-Preis, Encounters