![]() ![]() #Sleepless indie film full movie movieNew songs made by little known writers and singers are heard throughout the movie and millennial viewers with a taste for alternative music will surely be able to relate with them. The characters are just examples of today’s highly urbanized people who rush to and fro in the metropolis, each one with his own story to tell and the world just goes on spinning with or without them. Then there’s the fairly good cinematography that presents a lot of good shots of the the city, especially at night. ![]() She deserves to be given bigger, more demanding roles in bigger, better projects. Glaiza has many quiet moments where she is shown just staring to the “kawalan”, her face looking blank but still very lovely. The film certainly has it merits, foremost of which is the relaxed and credible performances of both the lead stars. Suckers for Star Cinema romance will also be alienated as it’s not your usual romcom with the traditional happy ending as the would be lovers don’t really fall in love and end up in each other’s arms, since this is actually more of a love story between caring friends and not FUBU friends with benefits. Maybe a lot of today’s millennials who live in isolation, make a lot of mistakes and lead similarly fucked up lives will be able to relate well and identify with them.īut it being so leisurely paced, creating a slow burn, most regular viewers just looking for escapism, and who don’t like their movies chatty, will easily get bored and find “Sleepless” actually sleep-inducing. Barry misses the boy so much and his dream is to follow them to Canada.Ī lot of times, they’re just shown talking to each other while eating instant noodles, playing games and concocting wild stories about the people they see around them, but they never complain about their jobs that keep them awake at night. Barry, in turn, is estranged from his former girlfriend who has moved to Canada with their son. Gem is the mistress of a married man (TJ Trinidad) who’s obviously just after sex and she also has a strained relationship with her mom (Irma Adlawan) who has remarried and has a new daughter. They’re both lonely and lead messed up lives. Since both of them have trouble sleeping, they spend hours through the wee hours of the morning, exchanging all sorts of stories ranging from their work and personal lives to what will you do when zombies attack in a zombie apocalypse. They quickly find a meaningful relationship in becoming good friends with each other. ![]() Dominic is Barry, a new agent who is assigned to Gem for training. She lives alone in her condo unit and has trouble sleeping, among other things, because of her ruined body clock. Glaiza de Castro is Gem, a call center agent who can speak with a fake American and British accent. When we watched it at SM North Edsa, the theater was about half full, which, for an indie film without much commercial value, is already good in that venue. Last week, it was finally given a wider release in SM Cinemas through Cine Lokal and we’re glad that it did quite well at the box office, so more theaters were added during its one-week run. ‘SLEEPLESS’ is an indie film first shown in QCinema Filmfest 2015, with Dominic Roco winning the best actor award over formidable competitors like Sid Lucero in “Apocalypse Child” and Junjun Quintana in “Water Lemon”. ![]()
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