Julia Leigh's startling debut may be visually confident, but what substance is there beneath the style?
Julia Leigh’s debut feature contains some of the most deeply unpleasant moments I’ve ever squirmed away from in a cinema seat, but also some of the most visually sumptuous. Tender at times, and brutal at others, Sleeping Beauty is undoubtedly a provocative film. Whether it knows what it wants to provoke is the question you’ll be left asking.
The story of Sleeping Beauty is that of
The story of Sleeping Beauty is that of
