The Man Who Sleeps
Queysanne's adaptation of Perec's novel follows a student withdrawing from life into isolation. Through alienation, refusal, existence, and the rejection of society, it explores dropping out and the search for authenticity. The film is a meditation on refusal and detachment.
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