The Sleeping Dictionary

Genre: Drama

Worldwide gross$12.0M

A young Englishman is sent to Malaysian Borneo in the 1930s to stay with a tribe as UK's colonial representative. A local woman (J.Alba) helps him understand local tradition and language. He falls in love with her etc. despite the taboo.

🏆 4 wins & 6 nominations

Director

Guy Jenkin

Cast

Jessica Alba, Brenda Blethyn, Hugh Dancy

Released

31 January 2003

Runtime

1h 49m

Certificate

R

IMDb rating

6.5 / 10

Votes

9,645

Budget

$12,000,000

Edition

Base