The Sleeping Woman

The Sleeping Woman
The Sleeping Woman
	Film poster
Spanish	La mujer dormida
Directed by	Laura Alvea
Screenplay by	Miguel Ibáñez Monroy; Daniel González; Marta Armengol;
Produced by	Olmo Figueredo González-Quevedo; Marta Ramírez;
Starring	Almudena Amor; Javier Rey; Amanda Goldsmith;
Cinematography	Fran Fernández-Pardo
Edited by	José M. G. Moyano; Fátima de los Santos;
Music by	Alfred Tapscott
Production; companies	La Claqueta PC; Coming Soon Films;
Distributed by	Filmax
Release dates	9 February 2024 (IAFFM); 31 May 2024 (Spain);
Countries	Spain; United States;
Language	Spanish

The Sleeping Woman (Spanish: La mujer dormida)^[1] is a 2024 psychological thriller film directed by Laura Alvea which stars Almudena Amor and Javier Rey alongside Amanda Goldsmith.

Plot

The plot concerns about a love triangle, following Ana, an auxiliary nurse developing a romantic attraction towards Agustín (the husband of the patient in a vegetative state she is in charge of taking care). Ana is ensuingly disturbed by supernatural developments around her.^[2]^[3]^[4]

Cast

Almudena Amor as Ana^[2]
Javier Rey as Agustín^[2]
Amanda Goldsmith as Sara^[5]
Alicia Lobo as Marta^[5]
Yanely Hernández as Manuela^[5]
Pino Montesdeoca as Sofía^[5]
Guacimara Correa as farmacéutica^[5]

Production

The film was produced by La Claqueta PC and Coming Soon Films with the participation of RTVE and TVE3 and support from ICAA and Junta de Andalucía.^[6]^[7] Shooting locations included the island of Gran Canaria and Seville.^[8]^[3]

Release

The film was selected as the closing film of the 6th Ibero-American Film Festival Miami for a 9 February 2024 premiere.^[9] It also made it to the non-competitive slate of the 27th Málaga Film Festival's official selection.^[10] Distributed by Filmax, it will be released theatrically in Spain on 31 May 2024.^[10] Lighthouse Home Entertainment acquired German rights to the film.^[11] The film also sold to India and subcontinent (BookMyShow), Taiwan (Cai Chang International), South Korea (Behind the Scene Company) and Indonesia (Sun Pictures).^[11]

Reception

Raquel Hernández Luján of HobbyConsolas gave the film 65 points ('acceptable'), positively mentioning "the central idea and the slight touches of horror", as well the existence of "Hitchcockian echoes" resonating in the background, while negatively mentioning the film's "cumbersome development", [over-]accumulating revelations by the end of the film.^[12]

Rubén Romero Santos of Cinemanía rated the film 3 out of 5 stars, billing it as a "luminous revision of Hitchcock's legacy" in the verdict.^[13]

Desirée de Fez of El Periódico de Catalunya rated the film 2 out of 5 stars, writing that it "doesn't take off in any direction".^[14]

References

^ "Post-Production". Spanish Films. Just Spainted. Winter/Spring 2023 (PDF). Ministerio de Cultura y Deporte. p. 153. Archived (PDF) from the original on 1 October 2022. Retrieved 17 February 2023.
^ ^a ^b ^c "La mujer dormida". Academia de las Artes y las Ciencias Cinematográficas de España. 26 October 2022. Archived from the original on 6 March 2023. Retrieved 5 February 2023.
^ ^a ^b Rivera, Alfonso (10 January 2023). "La mujer dormida, de Laura Alvea, en fase de montaje". Cineuropa. Archived from the original on 5 February 2023. Retrieved 5 February 2023.
^ "Las 72 películas españolas que más esperamos en el 2023". Fotogramas. 1 February 2023. Archived from the original on 25 May 2023. Retrieved 5 February 2023.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Úbeda-Portugués, Alberto (27 May 2024). "Los estrenos del 31 de mayo. 'La mujer dormida'. Sombras perversas". Aisge. Archived from the original on 15 June 2024. Retrieved 15 June 2024.
^ Suárez Álamo, Victoriano (27 October 2022). "Laura Aldea culmina esta semana el rodaje en Gran Canaria de 'La mujer dormida'". Canarias7.
^ Hopewell, John (17 February 2023). "'The Snow Girl' Director's Next Swooped On by Filmax (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety. Archived from the original on 18 February 2023. Retrieved 18 February 2023.
^ Rivero, Carlos (26 October 2022). "Javier Rey y Almudena Amor ruedan en Gran Canaria 'La Mujer Dormida'". La Provincia. Archived from the original on 5 February 2023. Retrieved 5 February 2023.
^ "IberoAmerican Film Festival culmina su edición con proyección del filme "Muchachos"". Diario Las Américas. 9 February 2024. Archived from the original on 9 February 2024. Retrieved 10 February 2024.
^ ^a ^b "RTVE.es presenta el tráiler de 'La mujer dormida', un thriller psicológico con Almudena Amor y Javier Rey". rtve.es. 15 February 2024.
^ ^a ^b Cabeza, Elisabet (8 March 2024). "Filmax' 'The Sleeping Woman' rouses buyer interest in Malaga, sells to Germany (exclusive)". ScreenDaily.
^ Hernández Luján, Raquel (31 May 2024). "Crítica de La mujer dormida: un debut imperfecto, pero con ideas". HobbyConsolas. Archived from the original on 31 May 2024. Retrieved 31 May 2024.
^ Romero Santos, Rubén (29 May 2024). "Crítica de 'La mujer dormida': el despertar de una autora". Cinemanía. Archived from the original on 31 May 2024. Retrieved 31 May 2024 – via 20minutos.es.
^ Fez, Desirée de (30 May 2024). "Crítica de 'La mujer dormida': terror somnoliento que no despega en ninguna dirección". El Periódico de Catalunya. Archived from the original on 31 May 2024. Retrieved 31 May 2024.

[1] "Post-Production". Spanish Films. Just Spainted. Winter/Spring 2023 (PDF). Ministerio de Cultura y Deporte. p. 153. Archived (PDF) from the original on 1 October 2022. Retrieved 17 February 2023.

[aacce-2] "La mujer dormida". Academia de las Artes y las Ciencias Cinematográficas de España. 26 October 2022. Archived from the original on 6 March 2023. Retrieved 5 February 2023.

[cineuropa-3] Rivera, Alfonso (10 January 2023). "La mujer dormida, de Laura Alvea, en fase de montaje". Cineuropa. Archived from the original on 5 February 2023. Retrieved 5 February 2023.

[4] "Las 72 películas españolas que más esperamos en el 2023". Fotogramas. 1 February 2023. Archived from the original on 25 May 2023. Retrieved 5 February 2023.

[aisge-5] Úbeda-Portugués, Alberto (27 May 2024). "Los estrenos del 31 de mayo. 'La mujer dormida'. Sombras perversas". Aisge. Archived from the original on 15 June 2024. Retrieved 15 June 2024.

[6] Suárez Álamo, Victoriano (27 October 2022). "Laura Aldea culmina esta semana el rodaje en Gran Canaria de 'La mujer dormida'". Canarias7.

[7] Hopewell, John (17 February 2023). "'The Snow Girl' Director's Next Swooped On by Filmax (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety. Archived from the original on 18 February 2023. Retrieved 18 February 2023.

[8] Rivero, Carlos (26 October 2022). "Javier Rey y Almudena Amor ruedan en Gran Canaria 'La Mujer Dormida'". La Provincia. Archived from the original on 5 February 2023. Retrieved 5 February 2023.

[9] "IberoAmerican Film Festival culmina su edición con proyección del filme "Muchachos"". Diario Las Américas. 9 February 2024. Archived from the original on 9 February 2024. Retrieved 10 February 2024.

[rtve-10] "RTVE.es presenta el tráiler de 'La mujer dormida', un thriller psicológico con Almudena Amor y Javier Rey". rtve.es. 15 February 2024.

[cabeza-11] Cabeza, Elisabet (8 March 2024). "Filmax' 'The Sleeping Woman' rouses buyer interest in Malaga, sells to Germany (exclusive)". ScreenDaily.

[12] Hernández Luján, Raquel (31 May 2024). "Crítica de La mujer dormida: un debut imperfecto, pero con ideas". HobbyConsolas. Archived from the original on 31 May 2024. Retrieved 31 May 2024.

[13] Romero Santos, Rubén (29 May 2024). "Crítica de 'La mujer dormida': el despertar de una autora". Cinemanía. Archived from the original on 31 May 2024. Retrieved 31 May 2024 – via 20minutos.es.

[14] Fez, Desirée de (30 May 2024). "Crítica de 'La mujer dormida': terror somnoliento que no despega en ninguna dirección". El Periódico de Catalunya. Archived from the original on 31 May 2024. Retrieved 31 May 2024.

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