No No Sleep (2015)

Original title

無無眠

Directed by

Tsai Ming-liang

Genre

drama, documentary

Country

People's Republic of China

Runtime

34 min

Rating

5.9 of 10 from 12 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A man in a small room bathes and rests. There is limited dialogue and the camera lingers on his body. The film captures moments of stillness and routine.

slow-burnminimalistcontemplativeintimatequietunhurriedcalmobservational

What happens

No No Sleep (traditional Chinese: 無無眠; simplified Chinese: 无无眠; pinyin: Wu wu mian) is a 2015 mainland China—Taiwan—Hong Kong short film by Taiwanese film director Tsai Ming-liang, winning Best Director at the Taipei Film Awards in 2015. It features Taiwanese actor Lee Kang-sheng and Japanese actor Masanobu Andō, and includes non-sexual full-frontal male nudity. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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