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  • 2011
  • Not Rated
  • Microcinema International
  • 1 h 34 m
  • 2011
  • Not Rated
  • Microcinema International
  • 1 h 34 m

Summary The film is a meditative study of a small farming community in mid-Wales that observes the rhythms of country life, and the rhythms of the monthly visits of the mobile library. But it is a life that is changing – the village school is about to close, mechanization is replacing many of the old ways, congregations are dwindling, but the vi...

Directed By: Gideon Koppel

  • 2011
  • Not Rated
  • Microcinema International
  • 1 h 34 m
  • 2011
  • Not Rated
  • Microcinema International
  • 1 h 34 m

Sleep Furiously

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 8 Critic Reviews
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Summary The film is a meditative study of a small farming community in mid-Wales that observes the rhythms of country life, and the rhythms of the monthly visits of the mobile library. But it is a life that is changing – the village school is about to close, mechanization is replacing many of the old ways, congregations are dwindling, but the vi...

Directed By: Gideon Koppel

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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 8 Critic Reviews
64
63% Positive
5 Reviews
38% Mixed
3 Reviews
0% Negative
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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 8 Critic Reviews
64
63% Positive
5 Reviews
38% Mixed
3 Reviews
0% Negative
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80
Aug 11, 2011
A film that throbs with life while keenly noting its passing, this is an ode to the village that welcomed - and let thrive - the director's refugee parents.
By Andrea Gronvall FULL REVIEW
80
Jul 26, 2011
Gideon Koppel's free-form portrait of a Welsh farming community may be the most subtly poetic piece of cine-anthropology to come down the pike in eons.
By David Fear FULL REVIEW
75
Aug 10, 2011
A lovely film, but maddeningly complacent.
By Roger Ebert FULL REVIEW
63
Jul 26, 2011
An affectionate, if uncomfortably stagnant, portrait of moribund rural culture.
By Joseph Jon Lanthier FULL REVIEW
60
Jul 26, 2011
A lingering, mildly lyrical look at village life, Sleep Furiously does for the mobile librarians of Wales what "Sweetgrass" did for the shepherds of Montana.
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50
Jul 28, 2011
Beautifully shot but more than a little sterile.
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50
Jul 28, 2011
Intermittently absorbing, if deliberately stripped of drama.
By Rachel Saltz FULL REVIEW

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Production Company Bard Entertainments, Van Film
Release Date Jul 29, 2011
Duration 1 h 34 m
Rating Not Rated
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Awards

Locarno International Film Festival
• 1 Win & 2 Nominations
Evening Standard British Film Awards
• 1 Nomination

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