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While We Sleep

  • 2021
  • 1h 32m
IMDb RATING
3.4/10
582
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While We Sleep (2021)
After observing a hauntingly familiar abnormal CAT scan of a 13 year old girl, radiologist Nina Evanko battles to find the source of the young girl's sleeping disorder. What she discovers is darker and stranger than she could have imagined.
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After observing a hauntingly familiar abnormal CAT scan of a 13 year old girl, radiologist Nina Evanko battles to find the source of the young girl's sleeping disorder. What she discovers is... Read allAfter observing a hauntingly familiar abnormal CAT scan of a 13 year old girl, radiologist Nina Evanko battles to find the source of the young girl's sleeping disorder. What she discovers is darker and stranger than she could have imagined.After observing a hauntingly familiar abnormal CAT scan of a 13 year old girl, radiologist Nina Evanko battles to find the source of the young girl's sleeping disorder. What she discovers is darker and stranger than she could have imagined.

  • Director
    • Andrzej Sekula
  • Writers
    • Brian Gross
    • Rich Ronat
  • Stars
    • Slava Babenkov
    • Sergey Denga
    • Brian Gross
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • IMDb RATING
    3.4/10
    582
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Andrzej Sekula
    • Writers
      • Brian Gross
      • Rich Ronat
    • Stars
      • Slava Babenkov
      • Sergey Denga
      • Brian Gross
    • 27User reviews
    • 8Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro

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    Slava Babenkov
    Slava Babenkov
    • Wino
    Sergey Denga
    Sergey Denga
    • Barmen
    Brian Gross
    Brian Gross
    • Derek
    Lyra Irene Gross
    • Cora
    Vasyl Hotsko
    • Demon…
    Jacy King
    Jacy King
    • Jennifer
    Alexander Omelyanov
    • Petro Hubenko
    • (as Aleksandr Omelyanov)
    Iryna Polikovska
    Oksana Polishchuk
    Roman Polyakov
    Pavlo Shpegun
    • Alex
    Sasha Syzonenko
    Sasha Syzonenko
      Darya Tregubova
      • Nina
      Oliver Trevena
      Oliver Trevena
      • Father Andrey
      Nataliya Vasko
      Nataliya Vasko
      • Director
        • Andrzej Sekula
      • Writers
        • Brian Gross
        • Rich Ronat
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      User reviews27

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      1dianereneew

      Not in English

      Movie started out well enough - good production value, interesting story. Was enjoying until about 10 minutes in when there was an entire scene where the actors were all speaking Ukrainian, with no English subtitles. Since I don't speak Ukrainian I had to stop watching. Very disappointing.
      3snicknib

      From disappointment to disbelief.....

      This could have been a good film. Some nicely creepy moments (despite the more than slightly done-to-death plotline), and the kid actor plays her part well.

      Unfortunately, she's in the minority; rarely have I seen such atrocious acting. From the pouting, barely intelligible female lead to the incongruously cockney priest, things go rapidly on a downward slope from early on, taking the whole thing from promisingly spooky into the realms of the ridiculous, not to mention predictable.

      If it had been slightly cringier it could almost have been a spoof, but sadly it stops short of that point, resulting in a flat, boring waste of time. Sorry.
      1elissamoreland

      Just don't

      Unbelievably lame, stupid waste of my time, thankfully it was free. Mostly in English, some parts are in Ukraine ( language they speak I have no idea) who knows if those parts were important to hear or not ???
      3ryanehli

      Slow moving, mostly boring, ending gets better

      Only the last 30 minutes is slightly scary. The majority of the first hour is mostly boring, has a weak plot & wastes lots of time getting to the good parts.
      1declanfoyle

      Waste of time

      Don't watch it, storyline is awful and acting and production is atrocious.

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      • Trivia
        Directed by Andrej Sekula, Cinematographer of Quintin Tarantino's "Pulp Fiction" and "Reservoir" Dogs".
      • Goofs
        Nina is performing nystagmys (=follow the pen with your eyes) test. She tells Cora to move her eyes to the left while moving the pen to Cora's right and then vice versa.

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      • Release date
        • October 1, 2021 (United States)
      • Countries of origin
        • United States
        • Ukraine
      • Language
        • English
      • Also known as
        • Поки ми спимо
      • Production companies
        • Cinemaday
        • NN Film P
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      • Budget
        • $8,500,000 (estimated)
      • Gross worldwide
        • $7,901
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      • Runtime
        1 hour 32 minutes
      • Color
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      • Aspect ratio
        • 2.39:1

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