Release Date: Nov. 8, 2011
Price: DVD $27.99
Studio: Strand Releasing
The Sleeping Beauty is the second film in a planned trilogy of movies wherein French provocateur Catherine Breillat (Anatomy of Hell, The Last Mistress), explores female sexuality via a classic fairy tale.
The first movie in the series was writer/director Breillat’s 2009 Blue Beard and the third, still in the planning stages, will be her interpretation (deconstruction?) of the tale of Beauty and the Beast.
Also adding in elements from Hans Christian Andersen’s 1845 story The Snow Queen, drama-fantasy The Sleeping Beauty follows the tale of young Anastasia. Cursed at birth by an evil fairy, Anastasia is destined to prick her finger and die at the age of 16. But a trio of fairy sisters devise an alternate plan so that rather than die, Anastasia will sleep for 100 years and live in a world of dreams. Through her active dream life, Anastasia will find love,...
Price: DVD $27.99
Studio: Strand Releasing
The Sleeping Beauty is the second film in a planned trilogy of movies wherein French provocateur Catherine Breillat (Anatomy of Hell, The Last Mistress), explores female sexuality via a classic fairy tale.
The first movie in the series was writer/director Breillat’s 2009 Blue Beard and the third, still in the planning stages, will be her interpretation (deconstruction?) of the tale of Beauty and the Beast.
Also adding in elements from Hans Christian Andersen’s 1845 story The Snow Queen, drama-fantasy The Sleeping Beauty follows the tale of young Anastasia. Cursed at birth by an evil fairy, Anastasia is destined to prick her finger and die at the age of 16. But a trio of fairy sisters devise an alternate plan so that rather than die, Anastasia will sleep for 100 years and live in a world of dreams. Through her active dream life, Anastasia will find love,...
- 9/17/2011
- by Laurence
- Disc Dish
Director: Catherine Breillat Writers: Catherine Breillat, Charles Perrault Starring: Carla Besnaïnou, Julia Artamonov, Kérian Mayan, David Chauss, Rosine Favey, Dounia Sichov, Leslie Lipkins, Camille Chalons, Luna Charpentier, Rhizlaine El Cohen A tomboy trapped in the feminine trappings of a six-year old aristocrat’s body, Anastasia (Carla Besnaïnou) is prone to whining things such as “A little girl’s life is really boring.” Anastasia [...]...
- 7/28/2011
- by Don Simpson
- SmellsLikeScreenSpirit
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