I Don't Want to Sleep Alone

I Don't Want to Sleep Alone

118 mins | Drama, Romance | Dec. 2, 2006

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?

I Don't Want to Sleep Alone

118 mins | Drama, Romance | Dec. 2, 2006

I Don't Want to Sleep Alone
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?
IMDb rating 6.9
Producers Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée, Soudaine Compagnie, Homegreen Films, New Crowned Hope, EMI Music Taiwan, Government Information Office of the Republic of China
Original title 黑眼圈
Directors Tsai Ming-liang
Writers Tsai Ming-liang

Cast

Lee Kang-sheng

as Hsiao-kang

Norman Atun

as Rawang

Pearlly Chua

as Lady Boss

Lee-Lin Liew

as Coffee-Shop Tea Maker

Leonard Tee

as Light Seller

Su-Yee Toh

as Boss's Second Son

Kok-Fai Chiew

as Boss's Grandson

Rong-Sin Chan

as Estate Agent

Kok-Choy Loh

as Financier

Shiva

as Indian worker

Rusli Bin Abdul Rahim

as Hooligan

Azman Hassan

as Hooligan

Hariry Jalil

as Hooligan