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2 December 2006 (Serbia) morePlot:
Forest fires burn in Sumatra; a smoke covers Kuala Lumpur. Grifters beat an immigrant day laborer and leave him on the streets... more | add synopsisPlot Keywords:
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1 win & 4 nominations moreUser Comments:
tedious, dull art film moreCast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Kang-sheng Lee | ... | Homeless Guy / Paralysed Guy | |
| Shiang-chyi Chen | ... | Coffee-shop Waitress | |
| Norman Atun | ... | Rawang | |
| Pearlly Chua | ... | Coffee-shop Lady Boss | |
| Lee-Lin Liew | ... | Coffee-shop Tea Maker | |
| Leonard Tee | ... | Light Seller | |
| Su-Yee Toh | ... | Lady Boss's Second Son (as Samantha Toh Su-Yee) | |
| Kok-Fai Chiew | ... | Lady Boss's Grandson | |
| Rong-Sin Chan | ... | Estate Agent | |
| Kok-Choy Loh | ... | Financier | |
| Shiva | ... | Indian worker | |
| Mohammad Rani Bin Baker | ... | Magician | |
| Rusli Bin Abdul Rahim | ... | Hooligan | |
| Azman Bin Muhammad Hasan | ... | Hooligan | |
| Muhammad Hariry Abdul Jalil | ... | Hooligan |
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Also Known As:
Dark Circle (International: English title) (working title)Hei yan cyuan (Taiwan)
I Don't Want to Sleep Alone (International: English title)
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115 min | Canada:115 min (Toronto International Film Festival)Color:
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Chosen by "Les Cahiers du cinéma" (France) as one of the 10 best pictures of 2007 (#10, tied with "Ne touchez pas ŕ la hache" and "Sang sattawat") moreFAQ
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Tsai Ming Liang's "I Don't Want to Sleep Alone" is yet another of those Spartan-like, minimalist Asian films (this one happens to be Chinese) that is composed almost entirely of single-take medium and long shots (this movie would have made Andre Bazin and his fellow theorists at Cahiers du Cinema jump for joy, or, at the very least, purr with contentment). The problem with such a style, beyond testing the patience of the audience, is that it distances us so much from what is happening on screen that we soon become dispassionate observers rather than the engaged participants we need to be if we are to become fully enveloped in the story. In fact, most of the time we can't figure out who anybody is or why we should be interested in anything that is going on in their lives. If this movie proves anything, it is just how essential close-ups and inter-scene cutting can be in helping us to identify with and care about a character and the situation he's going through.
As far as I can tell, the theme is about a handful of urban youth who feel isolated and alienated from one another and the world around them, but who are taking some faltering steps towards reaching out and bridging that gap, mainly through touching. But the almost total lack of dialogue and the chillingly clinical style of film-making make it frankly impossible for us to tell WHAT the movie makers' intentions might be.
There are a few erotically-charged moments in the film, but overall "I Don't Want to Sleep Alone" is an excursion into tedium that gives "art films" a bad name.