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Sleeper (2005)

Sleeper poster
Original title
Schläfer
Directed by
Benjamin Heisenberg
Genre
drama film
Country
Germany, Austria
Runtime
1h 39m
Rated
12
Rating
5.4 of 10 from 9 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A researcher at a scientific institute becomes suspicious of a colleague's unconventional methods. As the tension between them grows, he questions the ethics of the work they are doing.

tenseslow-burnclinicalintrospectiveambiguousbroodingrestrained

What happens

Sleeper (German: Schläfer) is a 2005 Austrian-German drama film directed by Benjamin Heisenberg. It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2005 Cannes Film Festival. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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