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I Don't Want to Sleep Alone

2006 · 1h 58m · N/A Drama, Romance
Directed by Tsai Ming-liang

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Overview

Rawang, an immigrant from Bangladesh living in awful conditions, takes pity on a Chinese man, Hsiao-kang, who is beaten up and left in the street. Rawang lovingly nurses him on a mattress he found. When he is almost healed, Hsiao-kang meets the waitress Chyi. His love for Rawang is put to the test.

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All reviews
88%
Tomatometer
Fresh

The hormones here don't rage so much as unfurl over two exquisite hours.

Wesley Morris, Boston Globe
Fresh

For Tsai's fans, Sleep offers many pleasures, including a heightened attention to nocturnal beauty and a gorgeous, uncharacteristic surrealism.

Ben Kenigsberg, Time Out
Fresh

I Don't Want to Sleep Alone is a title to keep in mind while absorbing this allusive, humid mood piece.

Bill Stamets, Chicago Sun-Times
Fresh

The film ends so beautifully that it's easy to forgive the dead passages that preceded it and hope it carries over into his next movie.

Scott Tobias, AV Club
Fresh

A serious return to creative form and a renewal of focus; there's a sense that every perfectly timed slow take and studied composition serves a purpose. And not a single melon gets shtupped.

David Fear, Time Out New York

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