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Release Date: 2008

Cast: Luis Fernando Peña, Leonor Varela, Giovanna Zacarías, Jake Koenig, Emilio Guerrero, Jacob Vargas, Marius Biegai, Ursula Tania

Categories: Movies, Indie, Science Fiction, Drama Film, World Cinema

Sleep Dealer is a 2008 futuristic science fiction film directed by Alex Rivera. 'Sleep Dealer' is set in a future, militarized world marked by closed borders, virtual labor and a global digital network that joins minds and experiences, where three strangers risk their lives to connect with each other and break the barriers of technology. Memo Cruz (Luis Fernando Peña), works at a factory, one of several sleep dealers. Here, the bodies of the workers are suspended as they are connected into the network. The sleep dealers are called so because one may collapse if one works long enough. The... MORE

Sleep Dealer is a 2008 futuristic science fiction film directed by Alex Rivera. 'Sleep Dealer' is set in a future, militarized world marked by closed borders, virtual labor and a global digital network that joins minds and experiences, where three strangers risk their lives to connect with each other and break the barriers of technology. Memo Cruz (Luis Fernando Peña), works at a factory, one of several sleep dealers. Here, the bodies of the workers are suspended as they are connected into the network. The sleep dealers are called so because one may collapse if one works long enough. The story is told as a flash back, as Memo remembers his home in Santa Ana Del Rio, Oaxaca. His father wants him to participate in growing crops on the family estate. Memo's passion however is electronics and hacking. The estate however has dried up on account of a dam built nearby. The media on American hi-def TV shows glimpses of a technological dystopia in a positive way. As a hobby, Memo is building an electronic receiver that can tap into communications. As he continues to work on it, its range increases to far away cities. Soon, he can tap into military and law enforcement communications. One LESS