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You Shall Not Sleep
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Wikipedia article
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| director = Gustavo Hernndez
| screenplay = Juma Fodde
| cinematography = Guillermo Nieto
| editing = Pablo Zumrraga
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| language = Spanish
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| distributor = {{ubl|20th Century Fox |Filmax }}
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'You Shall Not Sleep' is a Spanish-Argentine-Uruguayan horror thriller film directed by Gustavo Hernndez which stars Beln Rueda and Eva de Dominici.
Plot
Set in the 1980s, the plot follows Bianca, an actress joining a theatre group led by Alma Bhn that is preparing a stage play employing experimental methods pertaining long sleepless periods to unlock higher degrees of perception. So Bianca goes to an abandoned psychiatric hospital, vying for the lead role with Ceci.
Cast
Production
The screenplay was penned by Juma Fodde. A co-production among companies from Argentina, Spain and Uruguay, the film was produced by Pampa Films, Gloriamundi Producciones; White Films AIE, Bowfinger International Pictures, Tandem Films and Mother Superior.
Release
Distributed by 20th Century Fox, the film was theatrically released in Uruguay on 11 January 2018. After screening at the Mlaga Film Festival on 15 April 2018, the film was theatrically released in Spain on 15 June 2018, distributed by Filmax.
Reception
Ezequiel Boetti of 'Pgina12' wrote that the film features a "well-achieved" ominous atmosphere in its first half, but later brings an ending that reduces the film's dramatic power to turn it into just "another story of traumatized ghosts with a desire for revenge".
Dennis Harvey of 'Variety' considered the film to be "too glossy, contrived, and dependent on rote jump scares to raise much of a fright", likewise featuring an "uninspired, workmanlike execution".
Andrea G. Bermejo rated the film 2 out of 5 stars, summing it up to be "a virtuously directed compendium of clichs".
Beatriz Martnez of 'Fotogramas' deemed the film to be "a great piece of psychological horror", highlighting the film's "hallucinogenic atmosphere", the director's work and the performances of Eva de Dominici, Beln Rueda and Natalia de Molina, while citing the "somewhat confusing" climax as a negative point.
Francisco Grin of 'Diario Sur' wrote that the film "has the resources, the mystery and the goal of delighting genre lovers", but not the ambition to transgress the genre rules.
Raquel Hernndez Lujn of 'HobbyConsolas' scored 58 out of 100 points ("so-so") highlighting the first hour, displaying "brilliant ideas" and actresses "fully involved in their roles", especially Natalia de Molina, while decrying the badly resolved last part, "nearing on the laughable" and the grotesque.
Accolades
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| rowspan = "2" align = "center" | 2018 || rowspan = "2" | 21st Mlaga Film Festival || Silver Biznaga for Best Cinematography || Guillermo Nieto || || align = "center" rowspan = "2" |
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| Silver Biznaga for Best Editing || Pablo Zumrraga ||
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| align = "center" rowspan = "2" | 2019 || rowspan = "2" | 28th Actors and Actresses Union Awards || rowspan = "2" | Best Actress in an International Production || Beln Rueda || || rowspan = "2" |
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| Natalia de Molina ||
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See also
* List of Spanish films of 2018
* List of Argentine films of 2018
References
Category:Films set in the 1980s
Category:2018 horror thriller films
Category:2010s Spanish-language films
Category:Spanish horror thriller films
Category:Argentine horror thriller films
Category:Uruguayan horror films
Category:Bowfinger International Pictures films
Category:2018 psychological thriller films
Category:Films set in psychiatric hospitals
Category:Insomnia in film
Category:2010s Spanish films
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