I Don't Want to Sleep Alone
Ming-Liang Tsai / TW, FR, AT, MY, CN, 2006 / 115 min.
The big city is often the backdrop for a tale of loneliness and unfulfilled longings in the work of Tsai Ming-liang. They are themes that also feature prominently in this film about a homeless Chinese man.
Eye screens all films by the Taiwanese filmmaker to accompany Tsai”s VR project The Deserted.
I Don't Want to Sleep Alone was nominated for a Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival in 2006, where it won the Cinema for Peace and Diversity Award.
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Director
Ming-Liang Tsai
Production year
2006
Country
TW, FR, AT, MY, CN
Original title
Hei yan quan
Length
115 min.
Language
Malay, Mandarin Chinese, Bengali, Bangla
Subtitles
NLD
Format
35mm
Part of
Tsai Ming-liang
Eye Filmmuseum presents a retrospective of all of the Taiwanese master’s films to accompany Tsai Ming-liang’s first VR production The Deserted, from Rebels of the Neon God (1992) to Your Face (2018).
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