I Don’t Want to Sleep Alone
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?
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Director: Tsai Ming-liang
Actors: Chen Shiang-Chyi, Kok-Choy Loh, Kok-Fai Chiew, Lee Kang-Sheng, Lee-Lin Liew, Leonard Tee, Norman Atun, Pearlly Chua, Rong-Sin Chan, Su-Yee Toh
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