Underplayed Gems

I Don't Want to Sleep Alone (2006)

I Don't Want to Sleep Alone poster
Original title
黑眼圈
Directed by
Tsai Ming-liang
Genre
LGBTQ-related film
Country
Taiwan, Malaysia, People's Republic of China, France
Runtime
1h 58m
Rated
NR
Rating
6.5 of 10 from 47 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A homeless man is injured and cared for by a foreign worker. Meanwhile a separate man lies in a coma. Their stories intersect in a rundown apartment building in Kuala Lumpur.

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What happens

I Don't Want to Sleep Alone is a 2006 Malaysian-Taiwanese romantic drama film written and directed by Tsai Ming-liang. Lee Kang-sheng stars in a dual role as a brain-dead patient and as an injured homeless man. The film also stars Norman Atun and Chen Shiang-chyi. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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