J'ai pas sommeil (I Can't Sleep) (I'm Not Sleepy)

J'ai pas sommeil (I Can't Sleep) (I'm Not Sleepy) (1994)

  • 75% of critics liked it
    (8 reviews)

  • 70% of users liked it
    (749 ratings)

This French drama uses two plots that occasionally come together. The stories are set within the multiethnic neighborhoods of Paris. In the first, Daiga (Yekaterina Golubeva), a spunky Lithuanian actress, drives into to town to collect on the promise of a director she slept with. He lied to her and… More

Unrated, 1 hr. 50 min.
Directed By
Claire Denis
Genres
Drama, Art House & International, Mystery & Suspense
In Theaters
Aug 11, 1995 Wide
On DVD
Jan 25, 2005

Critic Reviews

  • Jeffrey M. Anderson, Combustible Celluloid

    Denis is so good at quietly capturing small, slow rhythms and fuzzy, dreamy moments that I Can't Sleep almost succeeds all on its own.

  • Gabe Leibowitz, Film and Felt

    ...more intriguing than Denis' later efforts, but no less frustrating, and ultimately unrewarding...

  • Dennis Schwartz, Ozus' World Movie Reviews

    It's a fascinating, well-made, disturbing and subversive film.

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