depression,nihilism,surrealism,existentialism,anomie

The Man Who Sleeps (1974)

Poster for 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.

Cast & Crew

Director
Bernard Queysanne
  • Profile picture of Jacques Spiesser
    Man Jacques Spiesser
  • Profile picture of Ludmila Mikaël
    Narrator Ludmila Mikaël

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Keywords

  • depression
  • nihilism
  • surrealism
  • existentialism
  • anomie