MOVIE • 1974

The Man Who Sleeps

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

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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Top Cast

Jacques Spiesser

Man

Ludmila Mikaël

Narrator

Bernard Queysanne

Director

Georges Perec

Original Story

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Pierre Neurrisse

Producer

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Philippe Drogoz

Music

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Eugénie Kuffler

Music

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Agnès Molinard

Editor

Andrée Davanture

Editor

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Jacques Lederer

First Assistant Director

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Jean-Pierre Poussin

Second Assistant Director

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Paul Bertault

Sound Mixer

Jean-Pierre Ruh

Sound

Bernard Zitzermann

Director of Photography

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Theatrical release date: April 24, 1974

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Status

Released

Release

April 24, 1974

Runtime

78 min

Language

French

Origin

France

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