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7.7
/10
549 Ratings

I Can't Sleep

J'ai pas sommeil

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Directed by Claire Denis
France, Switzerland, 1994
Drama, Mystery, Thriller

Synopsis

Ninon is a spirited hotel-manager who teaches self-defense classes to her terrified eldery neighbors. Daiga, an aspiring Lithuanian actress newly arrived to Paris, becomes fascinated wtih the life of a mysteriously beautiful drag performer.

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Awards & Festivals

Cannes Film Festival

1994

Toronto International Film Festival

1994

International Film Festival Rotterdam

1995

San Francisco International Film Festival

1995

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Cast & Crew

Articles from the Notebook

“High Life” and the Idea of “A Claire Denis Film”

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Uncovering Claude Chabrol’s formal play with the idea of the periphery, and its relationship to his critique of the complacent middle class.
Kelley Dong

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Claire Denis has not always been well served by her poster artists. Oddly, for a director who has made some of the most beautiful,…
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