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Released
1974 · FILM

The Man Who Sleeps

Just to wait until there is nothing left to wait for.

Written by
Runtime
77 min
Language
FR
Drama

Synopsis

A young student chooses to limit his interactions with the world to only what is necessary to sustain life. As his behavior becomes more mechanical and detached, he exhibits an unusual clarity and insight into the world around him.

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How many hands made this film

The scale of the collaboration

Principal cast & crew: 10

These are the principals we have on file — the full crew ran to the hundreds. Every film this size was made by far more hands than any credits list ever names.

Why a floor?

This is a minimum, not a total. We only count the credits we’ve captured so far, and coverage is uneven — a blockbuster might show a few hundred names while another of the same size shows a couple dozen. The real crews all ran into the thousands. The number here only grows as full credits are enriched — so we frame it as a floor, never a headcount.

Craft leads on file

Edited by Agnes MolinardShot by Bernard ZitzermannScored by Philippe Drogoz

Also known as

  • Ein Mann, der schläftde
  • The Man Who Sleepsen

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