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The Man Who Sleeps
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The Man Who Sleeps

1974-04-24 · 78 min · ★ 7.9

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.

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Directors
Bernard Queysanne
Production companies
Dovidis, SATPEC
Countries
France, Tunisia
Status
Released

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Jacques SpiesserJacques SpiesserMan
Ludmila MikaëlLudmila MikaëlNarrator

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