The Man Who Sleeps

Un homme qui dort

Tunisia, France

1974

93 Min

Black and White

1.33:1

French

Currently 4.4/5 Stars.
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CAST Jacques Spiesser, Ludmila Mikaël

ED Andrée Davanture, Agnès Molinard

MUSIC Philippe Drogos, Eugénie Kuffler

A hypnotic solo by its mute hero, a young man who decides to withdraw from the world and whose mental journal of his experience is confided to us by a girl’s voice off-screen, Un homme qui dort is an astonishing tour de force. What distinguishes it from all those ventures in spiritual navel-gazing is that his decision to not-be is purely practical, and the parabola he traces from boredom to terror – as he gradually detaches himself to float free within an indefinable menace – is brilliantly conveyed by the other leading character in the film: the city of Paris. The influence of Franju is unmistakable, and wholly beneficial. —DVDbeaver.com

Director

Bernard Queysanne

Bernard Queysanne is a French film director, born June 9, 1944 in Rabat, Morocco. He has worked in film and television, both in fiction and documentary.

He was assistant director, assistant editor, photographer and production manager on many films by Georges Franju, Philippe Labro, Robert Enrico and Serge Korber.

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who told you this room exists?

15Feb13

I. just. cannot. put. into words. how much. I. adore. this film.. everyone should see it sometime

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who told you this room exists?

6Mar13

(i actually thought the ending was uplifting. but you saw the opposite..)
chanandre

15May13

that good?

Nuno André Silva

13Sep12

l'énumération.

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chanandre

15May13

onde é que viste isto?
Nuno André Silva

15May13

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3TNurvWW4_0
chanandre

15May13

não posso. tá no YouTubas? Darn. não fazia nem ideia.
Nuno André Silva

16May13

ya! boa sessão :)
chanandre

20May13

óbvio que não vou ver lá. sou velha guarda, já sabes, mas agradecido de qualquer das formas. podia ter sido num fest aí para cima. :)
Nuno André Silva

20May13

sei sim, o quanto te invejo por isso. por cá tem de ser, só Serralves e pouco mais é que traz coisas interessantes
chanandre

21May13

haja alguém que me inveje por algo. pois bem sei que aí é curto. mas têm o fantas, vila do conde, caminhos do cinema português, etc etc, era isso ao que eu me referia sobre teres visto isso num possível fest. serralves é bom?