Before I Wake

Farm country. Late fall. A child’s drawing on the bureau. Bereaved couple takes in a sweet foster kid whose dreams become reality, and whose nightmares are even worse. Flanagan's sentimentality is a feature, not a bug.

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Mike Flanagan directed Before I Wake in 2016. See Mike Flanagan's full filmography, where to start with Mike Flanagan, or where to go after you've seen everything by Mike Flanagan.

Before I Wake was released in 2016 (EN original-language production), with a runtime of 97 minutes.