Sleep dealer [videorecording] / Starlight Film Finance presents ; a Likely Story production ; in association with This is That ; an Alex Rivera film ; directed by Alex Rivera ; screenplay by Alex Rivera & David Riker ; based on a story by Alex Rivera ; produced by Anthony Bregman.
Luis Fernando Peña, Leonor Varela, Jacob Vargas. Originally released as a motion picture in 2008. Includes 5 previews of other motion pictures. Special features: optional audio commentary by director and crew; before-the-making-of documentary (13 min.).
Summary:
Set in the future, a young man looks for a better life outside his small rural village in Mexico-- but finds himself facing a technological dystopia when he attempts to cross the border. Memo Cruz siempre ha soñado con dejar su pequeño y huir a las grandes ciudades fronterizas del Norte. Pero cuando ocurre una tragedia imprevista y se ve obligado a huir, Memo descubre un nuevo mundo mucho más salvaje de lo que había soñado. El futuro próximo de Sleep Dealer es un mundo lleno de drones asesinos, fábricas de tecnología de punta, vendedores de memorias y una salvaje batalla contra los 'aqua-terroristas' emitada por televisión.
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