Cannes 2011: Sleeping Beauty – Nude Snooze

Much has been made of the supposed sexuality to be plumbed in Australian novelist and first-time auteur Julia Leigh‚Äôs “Sleeping Beauty.” First, a teaser poster was released tantalizing the Cannes crowd with a shot of Emily Browning‚Äôs backside as she stared seductively into the camera. The film, which was the first of the 20 features competing for the Palme d’Or to screen, immediately shot to the top of everyone‚Äôs must-see list. The screening was packed, no doubt with many who were expecting to see ‚Äúa haunting erotic fairy tale,‚Äù as the synopsis promised.

Sleeping BeautyIt might be a fairy tale, and it is certainly haunting. But the one thing “Sleeping Beauty” is not is erotic.

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[Note: Some of Sasha’s reviews from Cannes will first appear on The Wrap’s Cannes festival platform before migrating back here. Today’s premiere of Woody Allen’s Midnight in Paris launches the series. ~ Ryan]