Sleep Dealer

Sleep Dealer

By Alex Rivera

  • Genre: Sci-Fi & Fantasy
  • Release Date: 2009-04-17
  • Advisory Rating: PG-13
  • Runtime: 1h 29min
  • Director: Alex Rivera
  • Production Company: Likely Story
  • Production Country: Mexico, United States of America
  • iTunes Price: USD 7.99
  • iTunes Rent Price: USD 3.99
5.9/10
5.9
From 113 Ratings

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SLEEP DEALER is a Sundance award-winning sci-fi thriller packed with stunning visuals, strong social and political themes, and is being hailed by audiences and critics alike as "impressive, eye-opening…a timely message, deftly delivered… like Blade Runner and other big-brained sci-fi flicks, it’s about ideas..." (Wired) Memo Cruz (Luis Fernando Peña) is a young man in near-future Mexico. When his family is victim of a misguided drone attack he finds himself with no option but to head north, towards the U.S./Mexico border. But migrant workers cannot cross this new world border – it's been sealed off. Instead, Memo ends up in a strange digital factory in Mexico where he connects his body to a robot in America. Memo's search for a better future leads him to love, loss, and a confrontation with a mysterious figure from his past.

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  • Sleep Dealer a real winner!

    5
    By Josephine.radbill
    Sleep Dealer is fast-paced entertainment with real messages woven throughout addressing issues of immigration, water rights and remote-controlled drone attacks to name just a few. Watch this film if you like sic-fi, dystopian stories or simply if you’re paying attention to current world events. Support innovative, independent film making and check out Sleep Dealer!!
  • Ahead of its time, right on time

    5
    By Pernalabras
    Sleep Dealer explores issues of immigration, drones, labor, globalization, privatization of resources through the lens of a sci-fi thriller. While it’s fiction, so many of the ideas in the film are borne out in today’s world. Even more impressive is that a film of this magnitude was made as an indy film, outside of Hollywood. I am so happy it’s back in circulation.
  • Sleep Dealer

    5
    By astarrfire1
    Sleep Dealer was ahead of its time when it first came out - it looks toward a future that is all too imaginable. With the U.S. now able to get all the work it needs virtually without the actual workers crossing the border. Its a story about land and water, militarization, family, courage, corporate dominance, subjugation through technology and the power of love to heal, even while plugged in. Filmmaker Alex Rivera is a rare talent. He is definitely going places. So glad to see this film is now available on iTunes. Check it out. Pass it on!

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