The Man Who Sleeps

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The Man Who Sleeps (1974)

Directed by Bernard Queysanne

“Just to wait until there is nothing left to wait for.”

Drama · 1h 18m

A young student decides to have no more interaction with the world than is needed to minimally sustain life. His increasingly automaton-like behavior is coupled with a strange clarity of insight about the world around him.

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Cast

Crew

Director
Bernard Queysanne
Screenplay
Georges Perec
Director of Photography
Bernard Zitzermann
Editor
Andrée Davanture, Agnès Molinard
Producer
Pierre Neurrisse

Details

Original title
Un homme qui dort
Release date
1974-04-24
Runtime
1h 18m
Genres
Drama
Original language
FR
Spoken languages
French
Countries
France, Tunisia
Production
Dovidis, SATPEC