Sleepless City
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| Spanish | Ciudad sin sueño |
| Directed by | Guillermo Galoe |
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| Cinematography | Rui Poças |
| Edited by | Victoria Lammers |
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| Distributed by | BTeam Pictures (Spain) |
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| Language | Spanish |
Sleepless City (Spanish: Ciudad sin sueño) is a 2025 drama film directed by Guillermo Galoe, and co-written by Galoe and Víctor Alonso-Berbel. A Spanish and French co-production, it was shot and set in the Cañada Real shanty town near Madrid.
The film had its world premiere at the Critics' Week section of the 2025 Cannes Film Festival, on 19 May 2025.
Plot
The life of 13-year-old Toni is shattered after his family is given an eviction notice and he learns that his friend Said is leaving La Cañada for good.[1][2]
Cast
Production
Sleepless City was produced by Sintagma Films (Marina García López), Buenapinta Media (Marisa Fernández Armenteros), Encanta Films (Manuel Calvo), Bteam Prods (Álex Lafuente), Les Valseurs (Damien Megherbi and Justin Pechberty), and Les Films des Tournelles (Anne-Dominique Toussaint).[3] Rui Poças worked as cinematographer.[1] The film was shot in Cañada Real.[1]
Release
The film had its world premiere at the Critics' Week section of the 2025 Cannes Film Festival on 19 May 2025.[2][4] BTeam Pictures is expected to distribute the film in Spain in 2025.[5]
Reception
Jonathan Holland of ScreenDaily described the film as "vibrant, melancholy and immersive", otherwise carrying "a universal message about loss, resilience and hope that deserves to open eyes further affield".[6]
Adam Solomons of IndieWire gave Sleepless City a 'B+' rating deeming it to be "an excellent film! while also declaring Toni and Chule's relationship "a provocative insight into an ideological schism at the heart of a community".[7]
See also
References
- ^ a b c Partearroyo, Daniel de (14 April 2025). "La Cañada Real en Cannes 2025: el español Guillermo Galoe competirá en la Semana de la Crítica". Cinemanía – via 20minutos.es.
- ^ a b Zurro, Javier (14 April 2025). "La Cañada Real llegará al Festival de Cannes: la Semana de la Crítica selecciona 'Ciudad sin sueño'". eldiario.es.
- ^ a b c d e Rivera, Alfonso (17 April 2025). "Guillermo Galoe's Sleepless City to premiere in the Cannes Critics' Week". Cineuropa.
- ^ "The Screenings Guide of the 78th Festival de Cannes". Festival de Cannes. 8 May 2025. Retrieved 8 May 2025.
- ^ "Ciudad sin sueño". Academia de las Artes y las Ciencias Cinematográficas de España. 27 May 2024.
- ^ Holland, Jonathan (19 May 2025). "'Sleepless City' review: Coming-of-age drama set in Europe's largest shanty town in Spain". ScreenDaily.
- ^ Solmomons, Adam (19 May 2025). "'Sleepless City' Review: This Hard-Edged Coming-of-Age Drama Set in Roma Shantytown Takes Notes from Fellini". IndieWire.