Sleep Dealer

Dec 10, 2008

1h 30m

★ 5.9

Crossing the border just got easier. Plug into the new American dream.

Overview

Set in a near-future, militarized world marked by closed borders, virtual labor and a global digital network that joins minds and experiences, three strangers risk their lives to connect with each other and break the barriers of technology.

Genres

Drama

Science Fiction

Thriller

Production Companies

Likely Story

Starlight Film Finance

This is that

Sleep Dealer Trailers

Cast

Luz Martínez

Leonor Varela

Rudy Ramirez

Jacob Vargas

Memo Cruz

Luis Fernando Peña

Dolores Cruz

Metztli Adamina

Miguel Cruz

José Concepción Macías

David Cruz

Tenoch Huerta Mejía

Bertha

Giovanna Zacarías

Drones TV Host

Gregg Lucas

Gus Panchano

Martín Palomares

Rudy's Commander (Voice)

Sean Garnhart

Rudy's Supervisor

Guillermo Ríos

Luz's Computer (Voice)

Montserrat Revah

In 2007, in the midst of the drought and water shortages, the NSW State government has unveiled plans to tap into and recycle millions of litres of water trapped in a network of abandoned train tunnels just beneath the heart of Sydney. However the government suddenly goes cold on the plan and it is not made public why. There is talk of homeless people who use the tunnel as shelter going missing, even though the government states that there are no homeless people in there. This, and the silence from the officials and ministers, leads a journalist, Natasha to begin an investigation into a government cover-up. She and her crew Pete (Producer), Steve (Cameraman) and Tangles (Sound Technichian) decide to investigate the story in the tunnel.

4.8

The Sisters

Apr 23, 2005

Based on Anton Chekov's "The Three Sisters" about siblings living in a college town who struggle with the death of their father and try to reconcile relationships in their own lives.

6.4

Lila Says

Jan 26, 2005

Chimo develops a crush on the pretty, blond Lila, a girl who recently moved into his Arab ghetto with her aunt. When the leader of a rival gang also falls for Lila, the ensuing love triangle initiates a journey of sexual discovery -- and sets off a chain of devastating events.

6.0

Call The Sandman

Apr 12, 2020

Set in a boring and bureaucratic version of NYC, Izumi and Alex go about their mundane existences while quietly refusing to give into mandates of the new dystopian society – namely undergoing a surgical treatment that renders the brain incapable of dreaming.

5.0

Sex and the Future

Apr 1, 2020

When misfits Barry and Evan design their ideal woman as a robot, they realize a fortune could be made if they had the money to mass produce their prototype. A wealthy prince soon finds out about their invention and the three hatch a plan to rule the world and change sex and the future! If life were that simple…

6.0

Burn

Aug 23, 2019

Lonely, unstable gas station attendant Melinda is tired of being overshadowed by her more confident, outgoing co-worker Sheila. When the gas station is held up at gunpoint by Billy, a desperate man in need of quick cash, Melinda finds an opportunity to make a connection with the robber, regardless of who gets hurt.

6.3

Margaret

Sep 30, 2011

17-year-old Lisa feels certain that she inadvertently played a role in causing a traffic accident that claimed a woman's life. In her attempts to set things right, she meets with opposition at every step. Torn apart with frustration, she begins emotionally brutalizing her family, her friends, her teachers, and, most of all, herself. She has been confronted quite unexpectedly with a basic truth: that her youthful ideals are on a collision course with the realities and compromises of the adult world.

0.0

FIGHTER

Sep 26, 2025

A girl who’s tired of life finds refuge and passion within the gaming world. However, her will to fight only extends to her VR boxing matches, rather than the outside world.

0.0

Horsegirl

Apr 9, 2020

a sad, highly imaginative girl utilizes her unknown conjuring powers to get what she needs when she needs it the most.

7.4

The Siege at Thorn High

Apr 17, 2025

Edwin promised to his sister on her deathbed to find her son she gave up a long time ago. Edwin's quest brought him to become a substitute teacher in Duri High School, Jakarta, a school for juvenile delinquents. There he must face the most violent students to find his nephew. When he eventually finds the boy, a city-wide riot erupts and Edwin is trapped in the school with the cruel kids out for his blood.

0.0

Woman Child

Nov 5, 2017

When a teacher at a Christian high school becomes pregnant out of wedlock, she is forced to decide if she should yield to the institution's teachings or fight for her civil liberties.

4.7

The Jurassic Games

May 21, 2018

In the near future, 10 death row convicts are forced to compete in a virtual reality game that pits them against dinosaurs and each other.

6.3

The Winning Season

Jan 19, 2009

A comedy centered on a has-been coach who is given a shot at redemption when he's asked to run his local high school's girls basketball team

0.0

Synapses

Apr 15, 1981

Réne Manzor's debut short, a surreal story about a tramp trying to build a road through the desert.

7.2

This Land Is Mine

May 7, 1943

Somewhere in Europe, in a city occupied by the Nazis, a gentle school teacher finds himself torn between collaboration and resistance, cowardice and courage.

5.1

Quintet

Feb 9, 1979

During a future ice age, dying humanity occupies its remaining time by playing a board game called Quintet. For one small group, this obsession is not enough. They play the game with living pieces, and only the winner survives.

7.8

El profe

Apr 7, 1971

Mario Moreno portrays a professor in this movie. A small town in the middle of no where requests the school Mario Moreno is working in for a teacher. He ends up going to give the town a hand. When he arrives he comes to know the corrupt leaders who through out the movie try to make him leave. Although he is being harassed you can see how much he cares for the kids and their circumstances. He deals with problems by using his hilarious comments.

6.1

Driving Lessons

Sep 6, 2006

A shy teenage boy trying to escape the influence of his domineering mother, has his world changed when he begins to work for a retired actress.