The Man Who Sleeps

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

7.8/1019741h 17mReleased

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.

Released: Apr 24, 1974

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Jacques Spiesser

Man

Ludmila Mikaël

Narrator

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