The Sandman (2000)

Directed by

William Tuckett, Timothy Quay, Stephen Quay

Genre

drama

Country

United Kingdom, United States

Runtime

41 min

Rating

6.3 of 10 from 3 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This dance film adapts the classic E. T. A. Hoffmann story about a man who becomes obsessed with a mysterious woman and a sinister figure named the Sandman. The plot follows a young man's descent into paranoia and desire, performed through ballet.

whimsicalhauntingdreamlikeballettheatricalunsettlingpoeticmysterious

What happens

The Sandman is a 2000 dance film made by the Brothers Quay and William Tuckett. A televised ballet, it stars Tamara Rojo, Irek Mukhamedov, Zenaida Yanowsky, and Heathcote Williams. It is loosely based on E. T. A. Hoffmann's story "The Sandman". (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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