Dormancy
Genres
Overview
Set in 1932, at the height of prohibition and the growing American eugenics movement, the state of Vermont passes a law allowing for sexual sterilization of "idiots, imbeciles, feeble minded or insane persons likely to procreate." Dormancy follows a young woman and her new husband who work the land and earn a small income herding sheep and working with lumber. The couple is lured into a rural clinic where they subjected to the sadistic goals of the doctors and eugenics field workers. For this modest family, life will never be quite the same...
Details
Budget
$7
Revenue
$0
Runtime
16 min
Release Date
2018-08-24
Status
Released
Original Language
English
Vote Count
0
Vote Average
0
Pierre-Luc Désilets
Jacob Cloutier
Lee Goldberg
Emily Cloutier
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Dennis Cunningham
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Jessica Rheault
Nurse #1
Nicholas W. Callais
Doctor #2
Michael Bartz
Doctor #3
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