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SLEEP DEALER

POSTED BY Buckminster Schumacker III | THURSDAY MARCH 19 AT 2:45 PDT 

Director: Alex Rivera

Cast: Leonor Varela, Jacob Vargas, Luis Fernando Peña, Giovanna Zacarías, Marius Biegai

Synopsis: A young Mexican man from the provinces, whose family and home are destroyed by terrorist-seeking drones, goes to Tijuana. There he joins a workforce of illegal workers whose labor is transported electronically across the border, and finds the means to avenge the violence.

Release Date: April 17, 2009

SLEEP DEALER TRAILER

SLEEP DEALER TRAILER

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Sleep Dealer, from relative newbie director Alex Rivera, takes its visual cues like a westernized, live action version of some funky used-future Japanese anime flick.  Set against the backdrop of the US-Mexico border in some kind of alternate, not-so-distant future, it already seems disturbingly credible.  Don't take your border patrol friends opening night.  Check out the trailer and a more detailed plot synopsis after the jump. More...