House of Sleeping Beautiesby Steve Ramos, Writer In the Bedroom: 'House of Sleeping Beauties' mysteriously erotic, but somewhat disappointing It's a longtime friend (Maximilian Schell) who recommends to Edmond (Vadim Glowna) this strange bordello, a place where a man can spend the night in a bed alongside a beautiful young woman. The catch and core secret at the heart of "House of Sleeping Beauties," a sensual adaptation of Nobel prize-winning author Yasunari Kawabata's sixties novella, is that the women are sound asleep and do not wake up. Edmond enjoys their beauty and tenderness over repeated visits but grows determined to find out the secret behind these beautiful sleeping women. His curiosity, paired with lingering sorrow from the death of his wife and daughter fifteen years ago, may prove to be his downfall. Vadim Glowna, a veteran actor and director in his native Germany, adapts, directs and stars in "House of the Sleeping Beauties...
- 11/19/2008
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