If your taste runs to palm fronds and moonlit rendezvous, you might enjoy this impeccably produced bit of kitsch.
The Sleeping Dictionary (2002)
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Runtime: 1 hr 40 mins
Genre: Dramas
Synopsis: A young English colonial is sent to the jungles of the Sarawalk during the 1930s. Inside this steamy jungle the officer meets with a beautiful native (Jessica Alba) who is assigned to teach the... A young English colonial is sent to the jungles of the Sarawalk during the 1930s. Inside this steamy jungle the officer meets with a beautiful native (Jessica Alba) who is assigned to teach the native language to him. Their tutoring sessions evolve into a passionate bonding of forbidden love. It is not long before this romance is pulled apart by war, as the British troops and the tutor's tribe are enmeshed in battle. [More]
Starring: Jessica Alba, Bob Hoskins, Brenda Blethyn, Emily Mortimer
Starring: Jessica Alba, Bob Hoskins, Brenda Blethyn, Emily Mortimer
Director: Guy Jenkin
Director: Guy Jenkin
Studio: Fine Line Features
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