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8.7
/10
1,251 Ratings

THE MAN WHO SLEEPS

Un homme qui dort

Directed by Bernard Queysanne
Tunisia, France, 1974
Avant-Garde
  • 9393 minutes

Synopsis

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.

Synopsis

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.