SLEEP DEALER is a Spanish-language science fiction film whose visions of the future are informed by current technological and social trends. Memo (Luis Fernando Peña) is desperate to escape his tiny Mexican hometown, and his radio intercept allows him a glimpse at the outside world. But soon he overhears a top-secret conversation he never should have had access to, and now he and his family are targets. When he finally does leave his home for Tijuana, he is on the run. When he meets pretty Luz (Leonor Varela) in the new city, she offers him friendship and the technology he needs to get a job, but she may also put his life in danger.