The Sleep Dealer
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Alex Rivera
Leonor Varela
Jacob Vargas
Luis Fernando Pena
Emilio Guerrero
Tenoch Huerta Mejia
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
A young Mexican man from the provinces, whose family and home are destroyed by terrorist-seeking drones, goes to Tijuana. There he joins a workforce of illegal workers whose labor is transported electronically across the border, and finds the means to avenge the violence.
Director
Alex Rivera
Cast
Leonor Varela
Jacob Vargas
Luis Fernando Pena
Emilio Guerrero
Tenoch Huerta Mejia
Metztli Adamina
Jose Concepcion Macias
Crew
Miguel Angel Alvarez
Anthony Bregman
Adela Cortazar
Alvaro Curiel
Alvaro Curiel
Ruy García
Madeleine Gavin
Maxine Gervais
Tom Hajdu
Jessica Levin
David Riker
Lisa Rinzler
Lisa Rinzler
Alex Rivera
Mark A. Russell
Mark A. Russell
Sandra Solares
Juan Uruchurtu
Film Details
Technical Specs
Quotes
Trivia
Miscellaneous Notes
Nominated for the 2008 Spirit Award for Best First Feature by Film Independent (FIND).
Winner of the Amnesty International Film Prize at the 2008 Berlin International Film Festival.
Winner of two awards including the Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award and the Alfred P. Sloan Prize at the 2008 Sundance Film Festival.
Released in United States 2008
Released in United States 2014
Released in United States February 2008
Released in United States January 2008
Released in United States October 2008
Released in United States September 2008
Released in United States Spring April 17, 2009
Shown at Berlin International Film Festival (Panorama Special) February 7-17, 2008.
Shown at Chicago International Film Festival (New Director) October 16-29, 2008.
Shown at Hamptons International Film Festival (World Cinema) October 15-19, 2008.
Shown at New Directors/New Film Series at the Film Society of Lincoln Center March 26-April 6, 2008.
Shown at San Francisco International Film Festival (New Directors) April 24-May 8, 2008.
Shown at San Sebastian International Film Festival (Horizontes Latinos) September 18-27, 2008.
Shown at Seattle International Film Festival (Contemporary World Cinema) May 22-June 15, 2008.
Feature directorial debut for Alex Rivera.
Released in United States 2008 (Shown at New Directors/New Film Series at the Film Society of Lincoln Center March 26-April 6, 2008.)
Released in United States 2008 (Shown at San Francisco International Film Festival (New Directors) April 24-May 8, 2008.)
Released in United States 2008 (Shown at Seattle International Film Festival (Contemporary World Cinema) May 22-June 15, 2008.)
Released in United States 2014 (Spotlight)
Released in United States January 2008 (Shown at Sundance Film Festival (Dramatic Competition) January 17-27, 2008.)
Released in United States February 2008 (Shown at Berlin International Film Festival (Panorama Special) February 7-17, 2008.)
Released in United States Spring April 17, 2009
Released in United States September 2008 (Shown at San Sebastian International Film Festival (Horizontes Latinos) September 18-27, 2008.)
Released in United States October 2008 (Shown at Chicago International Film Festival (New Director) October 16-29, 2008.)
Released in United States October 2008 (Shown at Hamptons International Film Festival (World Cinema) October 15-19, 2008.)
