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Sleeping Beauty

Quite unlike any version of the fairytale you will have ever seen before, Julia Leigh's haunting debut feature lingers in the mind as it explores the sexual awakening of a university student in a world of desires and fantasy. Lucy (Emily Browning) is always struggling to pay her rent, and she even agrees to undergo stomach-churning experiments in the science laboratory for some extra cash in her pocket. She responds to an advertisement placed by high society doyenne Clara (Rachael Blake), who runs a unique waitressing and escort service that caters to the whims of the rich and fabulous. Having been assured that she will never be brutalised by the customers, Lucy enters a twisted and perverse world where every fetish has its price and the allure of young, unblemished flesh is intoxicating.