[1][2] The film stars Gitte Witt, Christopher Abbott, Stephanie Ellis and Corbet.

Their lives are violently disrupted upon the unexpected arrival of Kaia's sister, Christine, and her fiancé, Ira.

Rodrigo Perez of Indiewire praised the film and said that "A darkly mysterious and extremely accomplished first feature, The Sleepwalker suggests the things we lost in the fire might be much deeper than material possessions.

With great performances by an intimate cast, she manages to capture the nuances of disagreement without falling into soapy territory.

"[7] Justin Lowe in his review for The Hollywood Reporter called the film "A tentative feint toward genre territory can’t conceal the slightness of this heightened drama.