In a desolate future where the borders have been sealed, huge computer networks commodity reminiscences and corporate warriors have been militarized, a tech-savvy man from a small Santa Ana farm village discovers a mystifying transmission that seems to be a blueprint for the city of the future. Fleeing to Tijuana, Memo (a young campensino) has implants placed in his body in order to become a “node worker” and strike into a vast network that operates robots located in the United States. Breaking barrier of technology the film Sleep Dealer set in a near-future, militarized world marked by closed borders, remote warfare, virtual labor and a global digital network, the film provide a new perspective about immigration debates with the idea of the “global village” of the Internet age.
The futuristic Cyberpunk science fiction film also gives possibilities that in near future people can be able to record and then buy, sell and share memories.
Directed by Alex Rivera
Produced by Anthony Bregman
Written by Alex Rivera & David Riker
Starring Luis Fernando Peña, Leonor Varela, Jacob Vargas
Music by Tomandandy
Cinematography Lisa Rinzler
Editing by Alex Rivera
Distributed by Maya Entertainment
Release date: Sundance Film Festival: 19 January 2008
Theatrical Release: 17th April 2009
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Running time 90 min
Review at Moviesonline
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