I Don't Want to Sleep Alone

– Forest fires burn in Sumatra; a smoke covers Kuala Lumpur. Grifters beat an immigrant day laborer an..

Type:
Movie
Rating:
7.00 / 10
Duration:
One Hour and 55 Minutes
Release Year:
2006
Original Name:
黑眼圈
I Don't Want to Sleep Alone (2006) - Also known as 黑眼圈

Forest fires burn in Sumatra; a smoke covers Kuala Lumpur. Grifters beat an immigrant day laborer and leave him on the streets. Rawang, a young man, finds him, carries him home, cares for him, and sleeps next to him. In a loft above lives a waitress. She sometimes provides care and attention. More violence seems a constant possibility. They find another man abandoned on the street, paralyzed. They carry him. While no one speaks to each other, sounds dominate: coughing, cooking, coupling, opening bags; music and news reports on a radio, the rattle and buzz of a restaurant. It's dark in the city at night. We see down hallways, through doors, down alleys. Who sleeps with whom?

Release Date:

23 Mar 2007

Language:

Min Nan, Malay, Mandarin, Bengali

Director:

Ming-liang Tsai

Writer:

Ming-liang Tsai

Main Actors:

Kang-sheng Lee, Shiang-chyi Chen, Norman Atun, Pearlly Chua

Plot:

Forest fires burn in Sumatra; a smoke covers Kuala Lumpur. Grifters beat an immigrant day laborer and leave him on the streets. Rawang, a young man, finds him, carries him home, cares for him, and sleeps next to him. In a loft above lives a waitress. She sometimes provides care and attention. More violence seems a constant possibility. They find another man abandoned on the street, paralyzed. They carry him. While no one speaks to each other, sounds dominate: coughing, cooking, coupling, opening bags; music and news reports on a radio, the rattle and buzz of a restaurant. It's dark in the city at night. We see down hallways, through doors, down alleys. Who sleeps with whom?

Awards:

2 wins & 4 nominations.

Production:

Strand Releasing

Ratings:
Internet Movie Database:
6.9/10
Rotten Tomatoes:
87%
Metacritic:
78%