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The Man Who Sleeps

The Man Who Sleeps

# Just to wait until there is nothing left to wait for.
Drama
📜 Overview: 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.
🌏 Languages Available: French
📆 Date Released: 1974-04-24
⌚ Running Time: 77 mins
⭐ Vote Average: 7.804

Beloved Cast

Jacques Spiesser original image
Man
Jacques Spiesser
Ludmila Mikaël original image
Narrator
Ludmila Mikaël

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