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I Don't Want to Sleep Alone

Original title: Hei yan quan
  • 20062006
  • 1h 55m
IMDb RATING
6.9/10
2.3K
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Hei yan quan (2006)
  • Drama
  • Romance
A day laborer is badly beaten, and a young man nurses him back to health.A day laborer is badly beaten, and a young man nurses him back to health.A day laborer is badly beaten, and a young man nurses him back to health.
IMDb RATING
6.9/10
2.3K
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  • Director
    • Ming-liang Tsai
  • Writer
    • Ming-liang Tsai
  • Stars
    • Kang-sheng Lee
    • Shiang-chyi Chen
    • Norman Atun
Top credits
  • Director
    • Ming-liang Tsai
  • Writer
    • Ming-liang Tsai
  • Stars
    • Kang-sheng Lee
    • Shiang-chyi Chen
    • Norman Atun
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 17User reviews
    • 54Critic reviews
    • 78Metascore
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    • Awards
      • 2 wins & 6 nominations

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    Kang-sheng Lee
    Kang-sheng Lee
    • Hsiao-Kangas Hsiao-Kang
    Shiang-chyi Chen
    Shiang-chyi Chen
    • Coffee-shop Waitressas Coffee-shop Waitress
    Norman Atun
    • Rawangas Rawang
    Pearlly Chua
    • Coffee-Shop Bossas Coffee-Shop Boss
    Lee-Lin Liew
    • Coffee-Shop Tea Makeras Coffee-Shop Tea Maker
    Leonard Tee
    • Light Selleras Light Seller
    Su-Yee Toh
    • Boss's Second Sonas Boss's Second Son
    • (as Samantha Toh Su-Yee)
    Kok-Fai Chiew
    • Boss's Grandsonas Boss's Grandson
    Rong-Sin Chan
    • Estate Agentas Estate Agent
    Kok-Choy Loh
    • Financieras Financier
    Shiva
    • Indian workeras Indian worker
    Mohammad Rani Bin Baker
    • Magicianas Magician
    Rusli Bin Abdul Rahim
    • Hooliganas Hooligan
    Azman Hassan
    • Hooliganas Hooligan
    • (as Azman Bin Muhammad Hasan)
    Hariry Jalil
    • Hooliganas Hooligan
    • (as Muhammad Hariry Abdul Jalil)
    Mohammad Abuha Bin Rosli
    • Hooliganas Hooligan
    • Director
      • Ming-liang Tsai
    • Writer
      • Ming-liang Tsai
    • Production, box office & more at IMDbPro
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    Storyline

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    Forest fires burn in Sumatra; a smoke covers Kuala Lumpur. Grifters beat an immigrant day laborer and leave him on the streets. Rawang, a young man, finds him, carries him home, cares for him, and sleeps next to him. In a loft above lives a waitress. She sometimes provides care and attention. More violence seems a constant possibility. They find another man abandoned on the street, paralyzed. They carry him. While no one speaks to each other, sounds dominate: coughing, cooking, coupling, opening bags; music and news reports on a radio, the rattle and buzz of a restaurant. It's dark in the city at night. We see down hallways, through doors, down alleys. Who sleeps with whom? —<jhailey@hotmail.com>
    • gay
    • kuala lumpur malaysia
    • beaten up
    • brain dead
    • existential loneliness
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    Did you know

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    • Trivia
      Chosen by "Les Cahiers du cinéma" (France) as one of the 10 best pictures of 2007 (#10, tied with "Ne touchez pas à la hache" and "Sang sattawat")
    • Alternate versions
      The Malaysian Censorship Board banned the film for what is described as incidences shown in the film depicting the country "in a bad light" for cultural and ethical reasons. Tsai agreed to censor parts of the film according to the requirements of the Censorship Board, which allowed his shorter version to screen domestically.
    • Connections
      Featured in The Story of Film: A New Generation (2021)

    User reviews17

    Review
    Top review
    10/10
    Proud to differ
    I am always a little surprised to see negative reviews of Tsai Ming-Liang films in web communities populated by film enthusiasts. And that's not because I'm about to argue that all film enthusiasts should like Tsai Ming-Liang movies, far from it. Rather, what surprises me is that film enthusiasts -- people motivated enough to have IMDb logins and, further, motivated enough to write reviews -- would be unfamiliar enough with Tsai Ming-Liang and his work, prior to viewing any particular film, that they could end up being surprised by what they get. Like all of Liang's films, this is a very, very, VERY quiet movie. That's the whole point: long takes, minimal dialog, you get out of it what you're prepared to concentrate hard enough on to see the subtlety of. I own all of his films and I watch them again and again -- and that doesn't make me a better person than the other reviewer, either. He's an acquired taste and if you don't like quiet, light-brush-stroke movies you won't like this guy's stuff. But I can't imagine anyone not knowing all of that before they start, and then complaining about it afterward.
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    • Jun 24, 2007

    Details

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    • Release date
      • March 23, 2007 (Taiwan)
    • Countries of origin
      • Malaysia
      • China
      • Taiwan
      • France
      • Austria
    • Languages
      • Min Nan
      • Malay
      • Mandarin
      • Bengali
    • Also known as
      • Dark Circle
    • Filming locations
      • Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
    • Production companies
      • Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée (CNC)
      • Dama Orchestra Malaysia
      • EMI Music Taiwan
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    Box office

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    • Gross US & Canada
      • $19,292
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $4,377
      • May 13, 2007
    • Gross worldwide
      • $226,026
    See detailed box office info on IMDbPro

    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 55 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Digital
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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