A Swedish rock star burns his life down—literally—then asks: now what?
"The Sleep" - Tired of the touring life the rock star Tommy Cosmo cuts the strings of his guitar, empties his bank account, packs his revolver and takes off to find new values of life .
Acting
Mats Ronander's raw, non-actor vulnerability as the unraveling rocker.
Score
Ronander's own music haunts the film—autobiography bleeding through.
Cinematography
Bleached Swedish landscapes that mirror internal emptiness.
Director
Lennart Svensson
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Ronander was a genuine Swedish rock star; this semi-autobiographical role blurred fiction and his own burnout from the industry.
The guitar-destroying scene was reportedly improvised—Ronander's genuine frustration, not scripted. Svensson kept rolling.
