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Sleepless (2000)
Director: Dario Argento
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From Time Out Film Guide
A disappointing giallo shocker from Dario Argento. Two bravura sequences aside - one a snaking, knee-level pan through a theatre during a ballet performance - the film confirms that the Italian horror maestro's best work is way behind him. Retired cop Max von Sydow is drawn back into a murder mystery he investigated years before, when a killer with the same MO surfaces. The key lies in a children's nursery rhyme, but the convoluted plot is ludicrous and the supporting performances wildly erratic. Despite faint echoes of Deep Red and Opera, this is silly, soporific stuff.Author: NF
Cast & crew
Director: Dario Argento
Producer: Dario Argento
Cast: Max von Sydow, Stefano Dionisi, Chiara Caselli, Gabriele Lavia, Rosella Falk, Paolo Maria Scalandro, Roberto Zibetti, Roberto Accornero full cast
Genre(s): Horror
Duration: 117 mins
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