The Man Who Sleeps

The Man Who Sleeps (1974)

24/04/1974
Drama
1h 17m

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

Overview

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 QueysanneDirector
  • Georges PerecScreenplay
  • Original Title

    Un homme qui dort

  • Status

    Released

  • Original Language

    French

Keywords

  • depression
  • nihilism
  • surrealism
  • existentialism
  • anomie