The Man Who Sleeps (1974)

7.8/10 78 min 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.

Cast

Jacques Spiesser

Man

Ludmila Mikaël

Narrator

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