Girl Asleep

2015

FantasyComedyDrama

The world is closing in on Greta Driscoll. On the cusp of turning fifteen she can't bear to leave her childhood, it contains all the things that give her comfort in this incomprehensible new world. She floats in a bubble of loserdom with her only friend Elliott, until her parents throw her a surprise 15th birthday party and she's flung into a parallel place; a world that's weirdly erotic, a little bit violent and thoroughly ludicrous - only there can she find herself.

"Fifteen is going to turn a corner. It has to."

Rating

6.124
117 votes

Popularity

0.5886

Origin & Countries

AU | en | Australia

Production

Windmill Theatre,Soft Tread Enterprises,Oscilloscope

Runtime

77 min.

Status

Released

Release: 10/20/2015

Credits

Girl Asleep

Rosemary MyersDirector

Girl Asleep

Bethany WhitmoreGreta

Girl Asleep

Harrison FeldmanElliott

Girl Asleep

Amber McMahonJanet / Frozen Woman

Girl Asleep

Matthew WhittetConrad / Abject Man

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Reviews

Simon Foster

11/25/2015

8.5 / 10

"Wildly funny and deeply moving in equal measure, it is a work rich in larrikin character but universal in its themes and appeal..." Full review here: http://screen-space.squarespace.com/reviews/2015/10/20/girl-asleep.html

Reno

8/10/2017

5 / 10

**Greta in woodland!** This is a short Aussie film, kind of inspired by 'Alice in Wonderland', but originally based on the stage play of the same name. A teen comedy set in the 70s and revolved around a birthday party. So, newly moved into the town, Greta, finds hard to make friends, except a boy. Entering 15th, her family wants to throw a big birthday party inviting her new schoolmates, against her will. On the occasion, something goes wrong and the next minute, she's in a strange place with strange events and people. Her adventure begins to return home and the party she had left behind in halfway which revealed in the rest of the film. I thought it was a children's and family film, but some of the references like relating to sex was a bold move. Though nothing was serious, if you are not considering the matter to the deep. It was just like any teen film, a simple topic. Creatively enough, but not impressive enough film. Those 70s were the plus point, especially for a comedy, that timeline is always so funny. Decent performances and filmmaking, should have been improvised the screenplay. But my guess is the budget. It is a small cost film, but if they had better financing, surely they would have pulled it off so much better than this. Now it is an average coming-of-age comedy- fantasy, but worth a watch if you are not forcing yourself into it. _5/10_

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