The Other Side of Sleep

Mar 15 2012 N/A 1h 28m
Drama, Mystery

Loosely inspired by the director’s own memory of a girl’s disappearance from her village, the film follows Arlene, a young factory worker living alone in a rural Irish community.

Plot

Rebecca Daly's first feature film The Other Side of Sleep is the haunting journey of Arlene (Antonia Campell Hughes). Arlene is a ghost in her own life. She lives in a small town in the midlands - surrounded by field after field, woodlands and laneways to disappear down and never come back. One morning she wakes in the woods beside the body of a young woman. Someone watches from the trees. The body is soon discovered and suspicion spreads through the community. Increasingly drawn to the girl's family - her grieving sister and accused boyfriend, Arlene barricades herself in at night, afraid to sleep. Haunted by grief buried and delayed, Arlene's sleeping and waking realities soon blur. And all this time someone is watching her.

Written by

Rebecca Daly, Glenn Montgomery

Directed by

Rebecca Daly

Production Countries

Hungary, Netherlands, Ireland

Production Companies

Screen Ireland, Rinkel Film, Fastnet Films

Languages

English

Awards

5 nominations

Scores
# of Votes
224
Average Rating
5.3 out of 10
Metascore
NA
Popularity
NA