The Man Who Sleeps (1974)

  • NR
  • 04/24/1974 (FR)
  • 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 Queysanne

Director

Georges Perec

Screenplay

Cast

Jacques Spiesser's headshot

Jacques Spiesser

Man
Ludmila Mikaël's headshot

Ludmila Mikaël

Narrator

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