The Man Who Sleeps
“Just to wait until there is nothing left to wait for.”
1974 · 1 h 18 min
Bernard QueysanneCast
Jacques Spiesser 
Ludmila Mikaël
Plot
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.
Sinekatalog’s take
The Man Who Sleeps (1974) is a French drama directed by Bernard Queysanne. It stars Jacques Spiesser, Ludmila Mikaël and Ludmila Mikaël. It runs 78 minutes. It is one of the films we list for this director.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.
Ratings
IMDb: 7.8 / 10 (5,918 votes)
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