House of Sleeping Beauties (2008)
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- Synopsis
- Director Vadim Glowna explores such complicated issues as loneliness, guilt, remembrance, mourning, sex, death, and dying in this adaptation of Yasunari Kawabata's novel concerning a most unusual bordello catering to a most unlikely clientele....
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- Starring
- Vadim Glowna, Angela Winkler, Maximilian Schell, Birol Ünel, Mona Glass
- Director(s)
- Vadim Glowna
- Distributor(s)
- First Run
- MPAA Rating
- Not Rated
- Runtime
- 99 min.
Critic Reviews
Ultimately, the film doesn't succeed in its thematic aspirations, proving yet again that great literature doesn't usually transfer successfully to the screen.Read the full review
House of the Sleeping Beauties has missed its ideal release window by about 40 years. It might -- might -- have found an audience in that transitional period between soft- and hard-core.Read the full review
Not even the august presence of Maximilian Schell can dispel the odor of fusty smut that clings to House of the Sleeping Beauties, a clammy meditation on sex, death and the endless fascination of unclothed innocence.Read the full review
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indieWIRE INTERVIEW | Dreaming Kawabatas: "House of Sleeping Beauties" Director Vadim Glowna
11/13/08 Based on Yasunari Kawabata 's novel, Vadim Glowna 's " House of Sleeping Beauties " follows Edmond, a man in his sixties whose wife has recently passed away, and who is told about a secret establishment where men can spend an entire night in bed alongside beautiful, sleeping young women who never awaken. | indieWIRE -
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11/12/08 Synopsis: Edmond (Vadim Glowna), a man in his sixties whose wife has recently passed away, is told about a secret establishment where men can spend an entire night in bed alongside beautiful, sleeping young women, who stretch, roll over and dream,... Edmond (Vadim Glowna), a man in his sixties whose wife has recently passed away, is told about a secret establishment where men can spend an entire night in bed alongside beautiful, sleeping young women, who stretch, roll over and dream, but never awaken. | Rotten Tomatoes -
House of the Sleeping Beauties
11/06/08 Synopsis: Edmond (Vadim Glowna), a man in his sixties whose wife has recently passed away, is told about a secret establishment where men can spend an entire night in bed alongside beautiful, sleeping young women, who stretch, roll over and dream,... Edmond (Vadim Glowna), a man in his sixties whose wife has recently passed away, is told about a secret establishment where men can spend an entire night in bed alongside beautiful, sleeping young women, who stretch, roll over and dream, but never awaken. | Rotten Tomatoes