Underplayed Gems

Sleep Tight (2011)

Sleep Tight poster
Original title
Mientras duermes
Directed by
Jaume Balagueró
Genre
drama film, horror film
Country
Mexico, Spain
Runtime
1h 42m
Rated
+16
Rating
7.1 of 10 from 1,227 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A concierge in an apartment building is never happy and decides to make the residents miserable. He focuses on one tenant, Clara, but she proves harder to upset than he expected, leading to a twisted confrontation when her boyfriend visits.

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What happens

Sleep Tight (Spanish: Mientras duermes; lit. 'While You Sleep') is a 2011 Spanish psychological thriller film directed by Jaume Balagueró from a screenplay by Alberto Marini which stars Luis Tosar alongside Marta Etura. In the film, César (Tosar), a concierge of an apartment building, is unable to reach happiness no matter what happens to him, and he has a goal to make the tenants upset. Clara (Etura) proves to César that making her upset is harder than he expected and things turn to a twisted event when her boyfriend Marcos visits her. Sleep Tight was among the most anticipated films to premiere at the 44th Sitges Film Festival. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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