Tomás Dotta

My mother died ten years ago, and I remember almost nothing about her. The documentary was born out of the need to create a story so I could say goodbye, a quest that takes the form of a personal essay with a narrative that at times resembles a fictional story.

In a working-class neighborhood, in the outskirts of a small town, a group of children is faced with a strange and terrifying incident, which will soon develop into a true epidemic: all adults have turned into “sleepy beings”. The children, petrified yet determined, try hard to keep their spirits high and not give up hope that somehow, someday, their parents will “wake up”.

My mother died ten years ago, and I remember almost nothing about her. The documentary was born out of the need to create a story so I could say goodbye, a quest that takes the form of a personal essay with a narrative that at times resembles a fictional story.

My mother died ten years ago, and I remember almost nothing about her. The documentary was born out of the need to create a story so I could say goodbye, a quest that takes the form of a personal essay with a narrative that at times resembles a fictional story.

In a working-class neighborhood, in the outskirts of a small town, a group of children is faced with a strange and terrifying incident, which will soon develop into a true epidemic: all adults have turned into “sleepy beings”. The children, petrified yet determined, try hard to keep their spirits high and not give up hope that somehow, someday, their parents will “wake up”.