Tormented by recurring nightmares of a place she has never been, Marlene (Sandra Hueller, Requiem) cannot help but investigate when she discovers the place is real. Once there, she suffers a breakdown and is admitted to a psychiatric ward. Determined to discover what happened to her, Mona (Gro Swantje Kohlhof) her daughter, follows and finds herself in Stainbach, an idyllic village with a dark history/secret. What is it that so tormented her mother, and the people of Stainbach? What is the source of the nightmares she suffered? Who is the mysterious Trude that lives in the forest?
Sleep (2020)
Directed by Michael Venus
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Place, Stainbach
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Narrative Location: Germany
Subject: anxiety, coming to terms with the past, guilt, nationalism, nightmare, parent–child relationship, psychological repression, psychological trauma, revenge, xenophobia
Time Period: 2010s
Subject: anxiety, coming to terms with the past, guilt, nationalism, nightmare, parent–child relationship, psychological repression, psychological trauma, revenge, xenophobia
Time Period: 2010s
Alternate Titles
Schlaf
FR, DE, US
Sen
PL
Sleep
CA, GB, US
Ύπνος
GR
Сон
RU
噩夢現形記
TW