The Sleeping Beauty (2010 film)

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The Sleeping Beauty
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Directed by Catherine Breillat
Written byCatherine Breillat
StarringCarla Besnaïnou
Cinematography Denis Lenoir
Edited byPascal Chavance
Release date
  • 2010 (2010)
CountryFrance
LanguageFrench

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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The film premiered at the 68th edition of the Venice Film Festival, in the Horizons competition.

Plot

Cast

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]

References

  1. ↑ Sallitt, Dan (18 July 2011). "The Art of Indirection: Catherine Breillat's "The Sleeping Beauty"". Mubi . Retrieved 12 July 2025.
  2. ↑ Palazzo, Margherita (27 July 2010). "VENEZIA 67 - La Belle Endormie di Catherine Breillat: la vita non è una favola". SentieriSelvaggi (in Italian). Retrieved 12 July 2025.
  3. ↑ Barcaro, Gabriele (2 September 2010). "Breillat presents a sophisticated Sleeping Beauty". Cineuropa . Retrieved 12 July 2025.
  4. ↑ The Associated Press (14 October 2010). "The Sleeping Beauty — Film Review". The Hollywood Reporter . Retrieved 12 July 2025.
  5. ↑ LaSalle, Mick (22 April 2011). "Catherine Breillat's 'The Sleeping Beauty'". SFGate . Retrieved 12 July 2025.
  6. ↑ "The Sleeping Beauty". Rotten Tomatoes . Fandango Media . Retrieved 12 July 2025.
  7. ↑ "The Sleeping Beauty Reviews". Metacritic . Retrieved 12 July 2025.
  8. ↑ Dargis, Manohla (7 July 2011). "No Sleep for a Beauty Who Seeks Adventure". The New York Times . Retrieved 12 July 2025.
  9. ↑ Puchko, Kristy (7 July 2011). "[Review] The Sleeping Beauty". The Film Stage. Retrieved 12 July 2025.
  10. ↑ Linden, Sheri (29 July 2011). "Movie review: 'The Sleeping Beauty'". Los Angeles Times . Retrieved 12 July 2025.
  11. ↑ Toro, Gabe (6 July 2011). "Review: Catherine Breillat's 'Sleeping Beauty' Tackles Fairy Tales Through The Prism Of Sex & Class". IndieWire . Retrieved 12 July 2025.
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