Autumnal Sleeps (2019)
In a remote rural estate house, a woman sleeps, she is alone. It’s a time not far from the dawn of the moving image, the obsessed and wealthy Dr. Epstein engineers a number of scientific experiments. He subjects his adopted children, Pete and Re-Pete, along with his darling flapper, Baby Dee, to his various scientific tasks. Things take a decidedly strange turn when Epstein makes a deal with some shifty-looking vagabonds. On doing so he opens a door to the unknown, ruptures the fabric of time and unleashes a shadow-like character bent on reducing all those he encounters to dust.
Director: Michael Higgins
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Natasha Everitt as Baby Dee |
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Alain Servant as Dr. Epstein |
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Ambra Gatto Bergamasco as The Somnambulist |
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Henrik Gard as Pete |
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John Linnane as Re-Pete |
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Enda Moran as Scotts |
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Cillian Roche as The Widow |
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Conn Rogers as The Whisperer |
| Directing | Michael Higgins | Director |
| Editing | Michael Higgins | Editor |
| Editing | Michael Higgins | Colorist |
| Writing | Michael Higgins | Writer |
| Camera | Michael Higgins | Director of Photography |
| Production | Michael Higgins | Producer |