The Sleeping Beauty
Carnal Knowledge: The Films of Catherine Breillat
June 21 - 27, 2024
Cursed by a bitter old hag to prick her finger and die on her 16th birthday, a young princess has her sentence reduced by a trio of kindlier witches, instead falling into a deep sleep and remaining there for the next 100 years. Another boldly revisionist fairy tale based on the work of Charles Perrault.
Breillat follows up her beguiling Bluebeard with another boldly revisionist fairy tale based on the work of Charles Perrault. Cursed by a bitter old hag to prick her finger and die on her 16th birthday, the young princess Anastasia has her sentence reduced by a trio of kindlier witches, instead falling into a deep sleep and remaining there for the next 100 years. While in slumber, Anastasia comes of age through a series of vivid dreams (filled with charming princes, dwarves, gypsies, and magical creatures). Then she reawakens a fully formed adolescent, and finds that in real life happy endings are more elusive than in our fantasies. Beautifully designed by François-Renaud Labarthe and photographed by the great Denis Lenoir (Carlos), The Sleeping Beauty is a constantly surprising, thought-provoking investigation of the female psyche.
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