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Suspense Film 'In Their Sleep'
In the suspense movie, “Dans ton sommeil (In Their Sleep)”, Sarah and her husband moved to the country in a house when Sarah’s young son Loic dies. A year later, Sarah is still mourning the death of her son. A year later, Sarah lives alone in the house; and works long hours. One night at Haguenau Hospital, she is sent home at 2 AM, because for giving a patient too much medication. After leaving her job Sarah is pulled over by a police officer and warned that three houses in the area was burglarized. Shortly after speaking with the police Sarah is flagged down by a young wounded man who looks like her son. The young man identifies himself as Arthur to Sarah. Arthur tells Sarah he caught a burglar in his home and the burglar was chasing him.

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