The Man Who Sleeps
“Just to wait until there is nothing left to wait for.”
1974•1h 18m•7.9•Released
Drama
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.
Director
Bernard Queysanne
Writer
Georges Perec
Languages
French
Studio
Dovidis
Cast
Jacques Spiesser
Man
Ludmila Mikaël
Narrator
Production
Company
Dovidis
Company
SATPEC
Producer
Pierre Neurrisse
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