You Shall Not Sleep

{{Infobox film

| native_name = {{Infobox name module|es|No dormirás|nolink=yes}}

| image = File:You Shall Not Sleep (No dormirás, 2018) poster.jpg

| caption = Promotional release poster

| director = Gustavo Hernández

| screenplay = Juma Fodde

| starring = {{ubl|Belén Rueda|Eva de Dominici|Natalia de Molina|Germán Palacios|Eugenia Tobal|Juan Guilera}}

| cinematography = Guillermo Nieto

| editing = Pablo Zumárraga

| studio = {{ubl|Pampa Films|Gloriamundi Producciones|White Films AIE|Bowfinger International Pictures|Tandem Films|Mother Superior}}

| distributor = {{ubl|20th Century Fox ({{Abbrv|{{Smallcaps|uy/ar}}|Uruguay/Argentina}})|Filmax ({{Abbrv|{{Smallcaps|es}}|Spain}})}}

| released = {{Film date|2018|01|11|Uruguay and Argentina|2018|06|15|df=yes|Spain}}

| country = {{ubl|Spain|Argentina|Uruguay}}

| language = Spanish

}}

You Shall Not Sleep ({{langx|es|No dormirás|links=no}}) is a horror thriller film directed by Gustavo Hernández. An international co-production of Spain, Argentina and Uruguay, the film stars Belén Rueda and Eva de Dominici.

Plot

Set in the 1980s, the plot follows Bianca, an actress joining a theatre group led by Alma Böhn that is preparing a stage play employing experimental methods pertaining long sleepless periods to unlock higher degrees of perception. So Bianca goes to an abandoned psychiatric hospital, vying for the lead role with Ceci.

Cast

{{Cast listing|

Belén Rueda as Alma Böhn
{{ill|Eva de Dominici|es}} as Bianca
Natalia de Molina as Ceci
María Zabay as Marlene
Eugenia Tobal as Sara
Germán Palacios as Krosso
Juan Guilera as Fonzo
Miguel Ángel Maciel

}}

Production

The screenplay was penned by Juma Fodde. A co-production among companies from Argentina, Spain and Uruguay, the film was produced by Pampa Films, Gloriamundi Producciones; White Films AIE, Bowfinger International Pictures, Tandem Films and Mother Superior.

Release

Distributed by 20th Century Fox, the film was theatrically released in Uruguay on 11 January 2018.{{Cite web|url=https://www.latamcinema.com/documental-y-suspense-protagonizan-los-estrenos-uruguayos-del-primer-semestre/|date=28 May 2018|website=Latam Cinema|title=Documental y suspense protagonizan los estrenos uruguayos del primer semestre}} After screening at the Málaga Film Festival on 15 April 2018, the film was theatrically released in Spain on 15 June 2018, distributed by Filmax.

Reception

Ezequiel Boetti of Página{{!}}12 wrote that the film features a "well-achieved" ominous atmosphere in its first half, but later brings an ending that reduces the film's dramatic power to turn it into just "another story of traumatized ghosts with a desire for revenge".{{Cite web|url=https://www.pagina12.com.ar/88343-fantasmitas-traumados-con-animo-de-revancha|website=Página{{!}}12|title=Fantasmitas traumados con ánimo de revancha|date=11 January 2018|first=Ezequiel|last=Boetti}}

Dennis Harvey of Variety considered the film to be "too glossy, contrived, and dependent on rote jump scares to raise much of a fright", likewise featuring an "uninspired, workmanlike execution".{{Cite web|date=24 August 2018|url=https://variety.com/2018/film/reviews/you-shall-not-sleep-review-1202780273/#!|title=Film Review: 'You Shall Not Sleep'|first=Dennis|last=Harvey|website=Variety}}

Andrea G. Bermejo rated the film 2½ out of 5 stars, summing it up to be "a virtuously directed compendium of clichés".{{Cite web|website=Cinemanía|via=20minutos.es|title=No dormirás|date=8 June 2018|first=Andrea G.|last=Bermejo|url=https://www.20minutos.es/cinemania/criticas/no-dormiras-108285/}}

Beatriz Martínez of Fotogramas deemed the film to be "a great piece of psychological horror", highlighting the film's "hallucinogenic atmosphere", the director's work and the performances of Eva de Dominici, Belén Rueda and Natalia de Molina, while citing the "somewhat confusing" climax as a negative point.{{Cite web|url=https://www.fotogramas.es/festival-de-malaga/a19463983/no-dormiras-festival-malaga/|first=Beatriz|last=Martínez|website=Fotogramas|title='No dormirás': el insomnio produce monstruos|date=15 April 2018}}

Francisco Griñán of Diario Sur wrote that the film "has the resources, the mystery and the goal of delighting genre lovers", but not the ambition to transgress the genre rules.{{Cite web|url=https://www.diariosur.es/festival-malaga/dormiras-terror-comercial-20180415122130-nt.html|website=Diario Sur|date=15 April 2018|first=Francisco|last=Griñán|title='No dormirás': Terror comercial para echarse un sueñecito}}

Raquel Hernández Luján of HobbyConsolas scored 58 out of 100 points ("so-so") highlighting the first hour, displaying "brilliant ideas" and actresses "fully involved in their roles", especially Natalia de Molina, while decrying the badly resolved last part, "nearing on the laughable" and the grotesque.{{Cite web|url=https://www.hobbyconsolas.com/reviews/critica-no-dormiras-pelicula-terror-belen-rueda-264213|website=HobbyConsolas|date=15 June 2018|title=Crítica de No dormirás, la película de terror con Belén Rueda|first=Raquel|last=Hernández Luján}}

Accolades

| rowspan = "2" align = "center" | 2018 || rowspan = "2" | 21st Málaga Film Festival || Silver Biznaga for Best Cinematography || Guillermo Nieto || {{won}} || align = "center" rowspan = "2" | {{Cite web|url=https://www.diariosur.es/festival-malaga/palmares-festival-malaga-20180421135803-nt.html|website=Diario Sur|date=21 April 2018|title=Palmarés del 21 Festival de Málaga Cine en Español}}

| Silver Biznaga for Best Editing || Pablo Zumárraga || {{won}}

| align = "center" rowspan = "2" | 2019 || rowspan = "2" | 28th Actors and Actresses Union Awards || rowspan = "2" | Best Actress in an International Production || Belén Rueda || {{nom}} || rowspan = "2" | {{Cite web|url=https://www.lavanguardia.com/cine/20190211/46369422304/nominados-premios-union-de-actores.html|website=La Vanguardia|date=11 February 2019|title=Penélope Cruz y Paco León, entre los nominados a los Premios de la Unión de Actores}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.fotogramas.es/noticias-cine/g26792712/premios-union-de-actores-2019/|website=Fotogramas|title='Arde Madrid' arrasa en los Premios de la Unión de Actores|first=Juan|last=Silvestre|date=12 March 2019}}

| Natalia de Molina || {{nom}}