I can not sleep
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| Original title | I can't sleep J'ai pas sommeil |
| Country of production |
France Germany Switzerland |
| original language |
French English Russian |
| Publishing year | 1994 |
| length | 110 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 16 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Claire Denis |
| script |
Jean-Pol Fargeau Claire Denis |
| production | Bruno Pésery |
| music |
Jean-Louis Murat John Pattison |
| camera | Agnes Godard |
| cut | Nelly Quettier |
| occupation | |
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I can't sleep is a feature film by Claire Denis from 1994. It was made in a French-German-Swiss co-production.
action
Paris has become an unsafe place for old women, as there is a murderer who kills pensioners.
The young Daiga comes to Paris by car from Lithuania because a theater director has offered her a role in a play. The play has now allegedly been canceled. Daiga is put off by the director for an engagement next year. She turns to her great aunt Mina, who puts her up at her friend Ninon's hotel. Daiga is allowed to live in the hotel and works as a cleaning lady. So she indirectly meets the gay travesty artist Camille, who lives in one of the rooms with his friend Raphaël.
Camille is Théo's brother, who lives separated from his wife Mona and looks after their son Harry. Surprisingly, Mona returns to Théo, but soon there is another argument because Théo wants to live in Martinique like the rest of his family . Mona won't follow him and wants to keep Harry with her too. One evening when Théo is going to a gig with his band, Mona secretly takes Harry over.
Daiga wants to sell her car, a vintage car, but discovers the theater director's car during a test drive with a customer. She rams the car several times. The customer is irritated when the director nevertheless takes the blame for the accident. At the police station, Daiga discovers a profile on which Camille and Raphaël are wanted: Both are the murderers of pensioners and finance their lives through the thefts associated with the murder. Only once did a murder go wrong, the victim survived and can now describe both. Daiga secretly follows Camille until he is finally arrested by a patrol. Then she searches Camille's hotel room, finds the money hidden from the raids, which she takes, and drives off with her car. Mona, driven by a guilty conscience, wants to bring Harry back, learns from neighbors that Théo has been taken to the police station. Here he is asked about his brother, who admits all the murders of pensioners. Théo is allowed to leave the station after a while and goes home. Meanwhile, Raphaël was also arrested and is now being taken to the police station.
production
I Can't Sleep is based on the story of the mass murderer Thierry Paulin , who killed a total of 18 people in 1987 and died in prison in 1989 at the age of 25. Denis knew people who knew Paulin and introduced himself to the case through press articles. After Chocolat - Forbidden Longing and Shit on Death, it was the third feature film that Claire Denis made as a director. The shooting took place in Paris in 1993. The costumes created Claire Fraisse , the Filmbauten came from Arnaud de Moleron and Thierry Flamand .
I Can't Sleep premiered on May 18, 1994 at the Cannes International Film Festival and was released in French cinemas on May 25, 1994. The film also opened in German cinemas on May 4, 1995, was shown for the first time on television on June 4, 1996 on West 3 and was released on video in February 1996 and on DVD in April 2011.
criticism
For the service movie- was I can not sleep a "casually narrated quietly then flowing film stringing together a series of small stories that result in a complex urban history only after some time." The film was "[h] inter profound conversation on the topics of hopelessness and search for meaning. ”The film“ meanders aimlessly and bores ”, stated Cinema and summarized:“ Half-cooked mix of crime thriller and milieu study ”.
Awards
Agnès Godard was nominated for the Golden Frog at the Camerimage Film Festival in 1994 . At the César Awards in 1995, Line Renaud received a nomination for Best Supporting Actress .
Web links
- I can not sleep in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Claude-Marie Trémois: J'ai pas sommeil . telerama.fr, accessed on March 11, 2016.
- ↑ I can't sleep in the dictionary of international films
- ↑ I can't sleep on cinema.de