J'ai pas sommeil (1994)

Beautiful Daiga has emigrated from Lithuania to Paris and is looking for a place to stay and work. Theo is a struggling musician, and his brother Camille - a transvestite dancer. One of ... See full summary »

Director:

Claire Denis

Writers:

Jean-Pol Fargeau (screenplay), Claire Denis (screenplay)

Stars:

Yekaterina Golubeva, Richard Courcet, Vincent Dupont

2 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Yekaterina Golubeva	...	Daiga (as Katerina Golubeva)
Richard Courcet	...	Camille
Vincent Dupont	...	Raphaël
Laurent Grévill	...	le docteur
Alex Descas	...	Théo
Irina Grjebina	...	Mina
Tolsty	...	Vassili
Line Renaud	...	Ninon
Béatrice Dalle	...	Mona
Ira Mandella-Paul	...	Little Harry
Sophie Simon	...	Alice, Mona's Sister
Danielle van Bercheycke	...	Fleur
Patrick Grandperret	...	Abel
Fabienne Mai	...	3rd Victim
Alice Hurtaux	...	2nd Victim

Storyline

Beautiful Daiga has emigrated from Lithuania to Paris and is looking for a place to stay and work. Theo is a struggling musician, and his brother Camille - a transvestite dancer. One of these three people might be connected to the serial "Granny Killer" who has been terrorizing Paris for a while.

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Plot Keywords:

bare breasts | female nudity | nudity | male frontal nudity | musician | 

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Taglines:

Evil exists where least expected.

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Genres:

Drama | Mystery | Romance | Thriller

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Certificate:

Unrated

Details

Country:

France Germany Switzerland

Language:

French Russian English

Release Date:

18 May 1994 (France)

Also Known As:

I'm Not Sleepy

Filming Locations:

Paris, France

Box Office

Gross USA:

$111,015

Company Credits

Production Co:

Arena Films, Orsans, Les Films de Mindif

Technical Specs

Runtime:

110 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.66 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

The character of Camille, the old women's killer, was inspired by Thierry Paulin.

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Connections

References Le costaud des Épinettes (1923)

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Soundtracks

A Whiter Shade of Pale
Music and Lyrics by Keith Reid, Gary Brooker and Matthew Fisher (uncredited)
Performed by Procol Harum

User Reviews

A Strange Tale

Writer-Director Claire Denis is telling a pretty strange tale in her "J'ai pas sommeil." Reportedly inspired by real-life news events, the focus is on an unsavory series of murders in a large French city, and various people somehow related to these happenings. These folks do not all know one another or even, in some cases, come in contact with each other. More strangely, Denis incorporates a few people who don't seem to be related to the events at all. The film's structure is free form, and various scenes are deliberately presented in a disjunct manner. There is some interest generated in trying to figure out what's going on, and in fact, there are a couple of coldly frightening scenes of calculated murder. I found myself not being attracted to nor empathizing with any of these characters. I merely observed with some interest. The general viewer response will depend on personal preferences. All in all, I found this ultimately to be a very slightly above average film work.