Sleep with your Eyes Open

Mostra Brasil

Sleep with your Eyes Open

Dormir de Olhos Abertos

Brazil, Taiwan, Argentina, Germany 2024 Fiction cor 97 min.

A coastal city in Brazil. Kai arrives from Taiwan for the holidays with a broken heart. A broken air conditioner sends her into Fu Ang’s umbrella store. He could become a friend, but the rainy season doesn’t arrive and his shop disappears. While looking for Fu Ang, Kai discovers the story of Xiaoxin and a group of Chinese workers in a posh skyscraper. Kai finds herself strangely mirrored in Xiaoxin’s tale.

Winner of the critics’ prize in the Encounters section at the Berlin International Film Festival.

Brazil Taiwan Argentina Germany awarded films female directors existential crisis international film festivals

direction

Nele Wohlatz

screenplay

Nele Wohlatz, Pío Longo

cinematography

Roman Kasseroller

editing

Yann-Shan Tsai, Ana Godoy

sound

Javier Farina

sound design

Mercedes Tennina, Duu-Chih Tu

art direction

Diogo Hayashi

cast

Chen Xiao Xin, Wang Shin-Hong, Liao Kai Ro, Nahuel Pérez Biscayart, Lu Yang Zong

production

Emilie Lesclaux, Kleber Mendonça Filho, Justine O., Roger Huang, Violeta Bava, Rosa Martínez Rivero, Meike Martens, Nele Wohlatz

produced by

Cinemascópio, Ruda Cine, Yi Tiao Long Hu Bao, Blinker Filmproduktion

distribution

Vitrine Filmes

indicative rating

12