The full theatrical trailer for Julia Leigh's erotic thriller Sleeping Beauty starring Emily Browning [Sucker Punch] has been released. The Australian movie is Leigh's directorial debut & a wide departure from the classic fairy tale of the same name. The story focuses on Lucy [Browning], a University student who becomes a prostitute & works as a 'Sleeping Beauty' by being drugged into sleeping during her services. When she awakens she cannot remember her clients after they have had their way with of her. This unsettling task starts to bleed into Lucy’s daily life & she develops an increasing need to know what happens to her when she is asleep. Hit the jump to check it out. Sleeping Beauty hits theaters this December 2nd.
Synopsis: "You will go to sleep: you will wake up. It will be as if those hours never existed.” Death-haunted, quietly reckless, Lucy is a young university student who takes a job as a Sleeping Beauty. In the Sleeping Beauty Chamber old men seek an erotic experience that requires Lucy’s absolute submission. This unsettling task starts to bleed into Lucy’s daily life and she develops an increasing need to know what happens to her when she is asleep."
