The Man Who Sleeps (1974)
A young student decides to have no more interaction with the world than is needed to minimally sustain life. His increasingly automaton-like behavior is coupled with a strange clarity of insight about the world around him.
Director:
Bernard Queysanne
Writer:
Georges Perec
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Jacques Spiesser as Man |
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Ludmila Mikaël as Narrator |
| Directing | Bernard Queysanne | Director |
| Writing | Georges Perec | Original Story |
| Writing | Georges Perec | Screenplay |
| Sound | Philippe Drogoz | Music |
| Sound | Eugénie Kuffler | Music |
| Production | Pierre Neurrisse | Producer |
| Editing | Andrée Davanture | Editor |
| Editing | Agnès Molinard | Editor |
| Directing | Jacques Lederer | First Assistant Director |
| Directing | Jean-Pierre Poussin | Second Assistant Director |
| Sound | Paul Bertault | Sound Mixer |
| Sound | Jean-Pierre Ruh | Sound |
| Camera | Bernard Zitzermann | Director of Photography |