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The Man Who Sleeps

The Man Who Sleeps
★ 7.9/10•1974•1h 18m•Drama

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

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.

Bernard Queysanne · Director

Georges Perec · Screenplay

StatusReleased
Runtime1h 18m
LanguageFR
Release DateApr 24, 1974

Actors

Jacques Spiesser

Jacques Spiesser

Man

Ludmila Mikaël

Ludmila Mikaël

Narrator

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