Sleep Furiously
Genres
Overview
Set in a small farming community in mid Wales, a place where Koppel's parents - both refugees - found a home. This is a landscape and population that is changing rapidly as small scale agriculture is disappearing and the generation who inhabited a pre-mechanised world is dying out. Much influenced by his conversations with the writer Peter Handke, the film maker leads us on a poetic and profound journey into a world of endings and beginnings; a world of stuffed owls, sheep and fire.
Details
Budget
$0
Revenue
$0
Runtime
94 min
Release Date
2008-08-15
Status
Released
Original Language
English
Vote Count
12
Vote Average
5.7
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