Asleep

10 10
2011
6min

Portuguese

English

Country: Brazil

Original Title: Adormecidos

As darkness falls, illuminated billboards and streetlights take center stage in a city where strangers cross paths unknowingly. A nocturnal meditation on loneliness and shared desire.

Portuguese
English
Country: Brazil
Original Title: Adormecidos

AWARDS: Special Jury Award. International Feminine Film Festival

OFFICIAL SELECTION: BAFICI – International Independent Film Festival of Buenos Aires / International Film Festival of Oberhausen / Vila do Conde Shorts – International Film Festival / FIDMarseille – International Film Festival of Marseille / Femina – International Feminine Film Festival / Panorama Coisa de Cinema / International Shorts Film Festival of São Paulo / Summer Times Festival / Santos Shorts – Santos Shorts Film Festival / Curta Cinema / Shorts FilmFest of Goiânia / Semana dos Realizadores / International Film Festival of Recife / International Film Festival of Belo Horizonte / Documentary, Film and Video Festival of Kasseler / CachoeiraDoc – Documentary Film Festival of Cachoeira / IDFA – International Documentary Film Festival of Amsterdã / International Film Festival del Nuevo Cine Latinoamericano de La Habana

Asleep - Strangers, lights, and longing in a sleepless city

In this poetic documentary, the night transforms the city into a living entity, animated by glowing billboards and silent streets. Beneath the same sky, strangers drift through the urban landscape—separate, yet uncannily alike.

The film captures the invisible threads connecting those who will never meet, reflecting on the quiet intimacy of shared solitude in contemporary life. In an era marked by hyperconnection, this documentary invites us to contemplate the emotional dissonance of urban existence.