The Sleeping Beauty (2010 film)
2010 French film
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The Sleeping Beauty (French: La Belle Endormie) is a 2010 French fantasy drama film written and directed by Catherine Breillat. It is based on the Charles Perrault's fairy tale of the same name.
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| Directed by | Catherine Breillat |
| Written by | Catherine Breillat |
| Starring | Carla Besnaïnou |
| Cinematography | Denis Lenoir |
| Edited by | Pascal Chavance |
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| Country | France |
| Language | French |
The film premiered at the 68th edition of the Venice Film Festival, in the Horizons competition.
Plot
Cast
- Carla Besnaïnou as Anastasia at 10
- Julia Artamonov as Anastasia at 16
- Kerian Mayan as Peter
- David Chausse as Johan
- Diana Rudychenko as Véroutchka
- Jean-Philippe Tessé as the Father
- Dominique Hulin as the Prince
Production
The film is the second Charles Perrault's fairy tale adapted by Breillat, following 2009's Bluebeard.[1] It was shot in March 2010.[2]
Release
The film premiered at the 67th edition of the Venice Film Festival, in which it served as the opening film of the Orizzonti sidebar.[3] It was also screened at the 35th Toronto International Film Festival and at the 54th San Francisco International Film Festival.[4][5]
Reception
On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 75% of 28 critics' reviews are positive.[6] Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the film a score of 69 out of 100 based on 12 critics, indicating "generally favorable" reception.[7]
Manohla Dargis from The New York Times described the film as "wily and witty" and as "driven by concepts rather than sumptuous illusionism".[8] Kristy Puchko from The Film Stage wrote: "The Sleeping Beauty is a poetic and haunting coming-of-age tale full of playfully strange visual elements that tease the viewer and set off sparks in forgotten realms of the imagination. It’s an intoxicating trip".[9] Los Angeles Times' Sheri Linden referred to the film as "sly and playful, [...] a beauty".[10] Gabe Toro from IndieWire claimed that the film "plum[s] depths not seen in this genre since Neil Jordan's soulful The Company of Wolves".[11]
