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J'ai pas sommeil (1994)
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18 May 1994 (France) morePlot:
Beautiful Daiga (Katerina Golubeva) has emigrated from Lithuania to Paris and is looking for a place to stay and work... more | add synopsisAwards:
2 nominations moreUser Comments:
Le demimonde of Paris made up of uprooted souls and outcasts moreCast
(Credited cast)| Yekaterina Golubeva | ... | Daiga | |
| Richard Courcet | ... | Camille | |
| Vincent Dupont | ... | Raphael | |
| Laurent Grévill | ... | le docteur | |
| Alex Descas | ... | Theo | |
| Irina Grjebina | ... | Mina | |
| Tolsty | ... | Ossip | |
| Line Renaud | ... | Ninon | |
| Béatrice Dalle | ... | Mona | |
| Sophie Simon | ... | Alice | |
| Patrick Grandperret | ... | Abel | |
| rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
| Serge Abattucci | ... | Detective | |
| Philippe Besson | ... | Policeman | |
| Jean-Paul Bonnaire | ... | Detective | |
| Simone Bonte | ... | Ninon's Mother | |
| Arnaud Carbonnier | ... | Neighbor | |
| Antoine Chappey | ... | Car Buyer | |
| Jean-Quentin Châtelain | ... | Detective | |
| Dani | ... | Dressmaker | |
| Denise Dax | ... | Karate Class Woman | |
| Solveig Dommartin | ... | Blonde Woman | |
| Jean-Marc Emier | ... | Babysitter | |
| Serge Esposito | ... | Detective | |
| Didier Flamand | ... | Le commissaire / Detective | |
| Thierry Flamand | ... | Policeman | |
| Muriel Foures | ... | Redheaded Woman | |
| Catherine Frot | ... | La femme à la bibliothèque | |
| Lionel Goldstein | ... | Detective | |
| Manuela Gourary | ... | Mona's Mother | |
| Arlette Havet | ... | Victim | |
| Sohiab Heshmati | ... | Brown-haired Man | |
| Alice Hurtaux | ... | Victim | |
| Daniel Isoppo | ... | Detective | |
| Philippe Kara-Mohamed | ... | Policeman | |
| Gabriel Laferrière | ... | Policeman | |
| Hopi Lebel | ... | Set Decorator | |
| Francis Lemonnier | ... | Cafe Patron | |
| Fabienne Mai | ... | Victim | |
| Ira Mandella-Paul | ... | Little Harry | |
| Hilton McConnico | ... | Doctor's Friend | |
| Jacques Nolot | ... | Le spectateur au cinéma | |
| David Sako | |||
| Marion Stalens | ... | Neighbor | |
| Kamil Tchalaev | ... | Sacha | |
| Ysé Tran | ... | Comedienne | |
| Danielle van Bercheycke | ... | Fleur | |
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You might have to be a foreigner to understand the plight of not belonging to the main culture of a country. The characters portrayed are deracine from their native countries, attracted by the promised land of capitalism, functioning mainly in the twilight hours of Paris, where they are mainly prey for sexual predators. Exploitation of these immigrants continue as it was in colonial times, except this time is not so overt. The illusion of freedom is thin. The impossibility of communication thick. Interacial affairs doomed, as are their children. Pretty bleak, but portrayed with sensitivity by Denis who shows us the underside and post effects of colonialism in contemporary Paris.