Sleeping Sickness (film)

Sleeping Sickness German Schlafkrankheit is a 2011 German drama film, directed by Ulrich Khler. It premiered in competition at the 61st Berlin International Film Festival, where Khler won the Silver Bear for Best Director.

Three years later, World Health Organization inspector Alex Nzila visits to assess the programme. Before he reaches the clinic there is friction with local people because he fears overpaying or being robbed. On arrival at the clinic Velten cannot be found. A woman in the clinic goes into an obstructed labour requiring a Caesarean section. Velten arrives just in time to perform the operation and deliver the baby. The baby girl is his, from his relationship with the mother. Soon the womans relatives arrive to celebrate the birth. Velten brusquely refuses to give the womans brother money when his fatherinlaw asks him to help. This causes tension with the family.Velten then takes the inspector to see sleeping sickness clinics no cases have been reported. Velten takes the inspector to see a tourist venture. Later Velten, with an acquaintance and a guide, takes the inspector nighthunting with guns and spotlights. The acquaintance has an argument with Velten and leaves. Velten and the guide continue hunting while the inspector sleeps. He is woken by a gunshot the guide returns without Velten, takes the inspector to the river and leaves. In the morning the guide returns in a dugout canoe to rescue the inspector. A hippopotamus emerges in a mysterious way from the jungle. Earlier in the film someone had emphasised how rare hippos were on that part of the river. Velten I have to believe in metamorphoses seems to be dead however, the truth is left unspoken. ........

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