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The Sleeping Dictionary

Release Date: 2003

Cast: Emily Mortimer, Noah Taylor, Jessica Alba, Christopher Ling Lee Ian, Brenda Blethyn, Junix Nocian, Hugh Dancy, Michael Jessing Langgi, Bob Hoskins

Categories: Movies, Romantic drama, Romance Film, Period piece

The Sleeping Dictionary is a 2003 film by Guy Jenkin. It was filmed in Sarawak and is set during the British colonial rule in the 1930s. A young and naive Englishman, John Truscott (Hugh Dancy), goes to the British colony of Sarawak, Borneo to try and apply his father's work to the Iban society. He tries to civilize them, building schools and providing education for the Iban people. He is met with unfamiliar local customs. Selima (Jessica Alba) becomes his "sleeping dictionary," who sleeps with him and teaches him the language and the habits of the locals. Despite their intents, the two... MORE

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