MFAH Film New Releases: Girl Asleep

Museum of Fine Arts, Houston presents another in its New Releases series. Enjoy these critically acclaimed, award-winning international films as they make their Houston debut!

Girl Asleep
Director Rosemary Myers
Released 2015
Country Australia
Running Time 77 minutes
Format Digital, Color
Website http://girlasleepfilm.com/

Girl Asleep is preceded by the hilarious short documentary Pickle (directed by Amy Nicholson, USA. 2015, 16 min.), about a man’s tribute to his pets.

In this vibrant portrayal of Australian adolescence, Greta Driscoll’s bubble of obscure loserdom is burst when her parents throw her a surprise 15th birthday party and invite the whole school!

Perfectly content being a wallflower, suddenly Greta’s flung far from her comfort zone into a distant, parallel place – a strange world that’s a little frightening and a lot weird, but only there can she find herself.

A mash-up of Napoleon Dynamite, Wes Anderson’s films, and Lewis Carroll, Girl Asleep is an enchanting journey into the absurd – and sometimes scary – depths of the teenage mind.

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