The Sleeping Dictionary

Year: 2003

Actors: Jessica Alba, Emily Mortimer, Hugh Dancy, Brenda Blethyn

Duration: 109 min

In 1936, the expatriated young and naive just-graduated British John Truscott arrives to the Sarawak, a British colony, to work in the Iban society. The beautiful Selima is assigned to be his "sleeping dictionary", to live and sleep with him and teach him the language and habits of the locals. The reluctant John and Selima fall in love for each other in a forbidden romance.—Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Genre: Action   Drama   Romance