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Sleeping Beauties

1999 · 13 min

A wry, bittersweet little fable about heartbreak, mixing morgue humor with tender queer longing in a quick, quirky watch.

Directed by
Jamie Babbit
Genres
Comedy, Romance
Tagline
You make a corpse look warm.
Overview
A morgue beautician is trying to get over her ex-girlfriend.

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Directed by
Jamie Babbit
Genres
Comedy, Romance
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Tone
  • whimsicalstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 2 of 3
  • romanticstrength 2 of 3
Pacing
brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • love
  • identity
  • grief
  • isolation
  • healing
Places
  • big city
  • workplace
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • nonlinear
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror2
Humour6
Realism6
Romance6
Tension3
Darkness4
Complexity4
Emotional weight5

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Genres
comedy, romance
Directed by
Jamie Babbit
Written by
Jamie Babbit
Starring
Sarah Lassez, Radha Mitchell, Rose McGowan, Clea DuVall, Leisha Hailey, Nicole Eggert, Vince Vieluf, Harper Roisman
Music
Blake Leyh
Cinematography
Jules Labarthe
Runtime
13 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English

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