Bethany Whitmore

Harrison Feldman

Amber McMahon

Matthew Whittet

Eamon Farren

Tilda Cobham-Hervey

Imogen Archer

Maiah Stewardson

Fiona Dawson

Grace Dawson

Danielle Catanzariti

Lucy Cowan

Pia Moutakis

Clara Moutakis

Edison Covill

Emily Liu

Miles Bessis

Iri Roche

Sasha Simmonds

Josh Taylor

Lillianna Warner

Oscar Warner

Ellen Steele

Gabrielle Nankivell

Ashlyn Mattiske

Yusuf Ahmed

Rosemary Myers

Jonathon Oxlade

Erica Brien

Jo Dyer

Andrew Commis

Karryn de Cinque

Fiona Lanyon

Harry Covill

Taera Shroff

Teena Munn

Pete Best

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Comedy

Drama

Girl Asleep

Windmill Theatre

Soft Tread Enterprises

Oscilloscope

Australia

English

birthday

1970s

birthday party

coming of age

best friend

womanhood

woman director

Simon Foster

"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

**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_

Girl Asleep- Official Theatrical Trailer

Girl Asleep trailer - ADL Film Fest 2015

Girl Asleep( 2015)

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

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