The Wakeful Sleeper

The Wakeful Sleeper

8.0IMDb Score
Released:2021-06-02
Duration:74 min
Country:Belgium
Director:Boris Van Der Avoort
Actors:Boris Van Der Avoort
Production:YC ALIGATOR FILM, Cobalt Films, DES AIRS Productions, Triangle7

Overview:

B., a film-maker and insomniac, decides to rescue his hours of insomnia from the void by filming his quest for sleep. The insomniac asks questions about these different states of consciousness and about the difficulties humans have in synchronising their social rhythms and biological ones.

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