I Don't Want to Sleep Alone

Release Date:
Rated:
Runtime:
1 hr. 55 min.
Genres:
Comedy
Director:
Tsai Ming-Liang
Cast:
Lee Kang-Sheng, Chen Shiang-Chyi, Norman Bin Atun. Full cast + crew

On DVD: Released Nov. 06, 2007

On Blu-ray: TBD

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Synopsis

A homeless Chinese itinerant is attacked by thugs in Kuala Lampur, only to fall in with a group of kind but curious Bangladeshi men and other fascinating denizens of the smog-soaked city in director Tsai Ming-liang's minimalist mediation on contemporary life in the Malaysian capitol. Hsiao-kang (Lee Kang-sheng) has been injured in a brutal street attack, and after being brought to the crumpling abode of a group of Bangladeshi men, he is nursed back to help on the musty mattress of his benevolent rescuer Rawang (Norman Bin Atun). Upon gaining the strength to venture out on his own, Hsaio-kang makes the acquaintance of pretty Chinatown waitress Chyi (Chen Siang-chyi) - who currently works and lives with her female boss (Pearlly Chua). In another part of the city, a paralyzed man (also played by Lee) is tended to by a team of nurses before being moved from the hospital to the women's tenement. When a toxic fog descends upon the city and the citizens are sent running for cover, Hsaio-kang finds his already complicated relationship with his three new acquaintances taking on a whole new, and decidedly surreal, dimension. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide

Our critics say

5.0

Dave White

… unsexually intimate, sad, hopeful and life-affirming … Full Review

Metascore®

78out of 100

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