Directed by:
Claire DenisCinematography:
Agnès GodardComposer:
Jean-Louis MuratCast:
Yekaterina Golubeva, Alex Descas, Béatrice Dalle, Antoine Chappey, Solveig Dommartin, Didier Flamand, Line Renaud, Catherine Frot (more)Plots(1)
France is afraid! A "granny killer" is loose in Paris, inciting fear and havoc amongst its residents. Based on the true story of Thierry Paulin who, with his male lover, murdered over twenty elderly women in the eighties, I Can`t Sleep is an eerily atmospheric noir of contemporary urban alienation. A series of characters haunt the nights of Paris. Daiga, an aspiring Lithuanian actress unaware of the newspaper headlines due to a language barrier; Theo, a moody musician and carpenter from Martinique who longs to return to the safety of his homeland with his wife and son; his brother Camille, a beautiful drag queen who seductively performs at local nightclubs. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
Yekaterina Golubeva
Soviet Union
Best movies:
Few of Us (1996)
The Corridor (1995)
Three Days (1991)
Alex Descas
France
Best movies:
The House (1997)
Coffee and Cigarettes (2003)
The Intruder (2004)
Béatrice Dalle
France
Best movies:
Night on Earth (1991)
Betty Blue (1986)
You and the Night (2013)
Antoine Chappey
France
Best movies:
Le Péril jeune (1994)
I Can't Sleep (1994)
Les Cowboys (2015)
Solveig Dommartin
France
Best movies:
Wings of Desire (1987)
Faraway, So Close! (1993)
I Can't Sleep (1994)
Didier Flamand
France
Best movies:
Animal (1977)
Wings of Desire (1987)
The Chorus (2004)
Line Renaud
France
Best movies:
My New Partner at the Races (1990)
Driving Madeleine (2022)
Welcome to the Sticks (2008)
Catherine Frot
France
Best movies:
The Dinner Game (1998)
East Wind (1993)
My American Uncle (1980)
Gabriel Julien-Laferrière
Best movies:
I Can't Sleep (1994)
Jacques Nolot
France
Best movies:
One Deadly Summer (1983)
The Specialists (1985)
Long Live Life (1984)
Patrick Grandperret
France
Best movies:
I Can't Sleep (1994)
Laurent Grévill
France
Best movies:
I've Loved You So Long (2008)
Camille Claudel (1988)
The Very Merry Widows (2003)
Jean-Paul Bonnaire
France
Best movies:
The French Revolution (1989) (TV movie)
The Chorus (2004)
Le Cousin (1997)
Marion Stalens
Best movies:
Three Colours: Red (1994)
Les Amants du Pont-Neuf (1991)
I Can't Sleep (1994)
Daniel Isoppo
Best movies:
Gainsbourg: A Heroic Life (2010)
Le Pari (1997)
13 (2005)
Ysé Tran
Best movies:
Bitter Moon (1992)
In Praise of Love (2001)
Love Is in the Air (2005)
Denise Dax
Best movies:
I Can't Sleep (1994)
Fabienne Mai
France
Best movies:
The Count of Monte Cristo (1998) (series)
A Thousand Billion Dollars (1982)
I Can't Sleep (1994)
Dani
France
Best movies:
Day for Night (1973)
Story of Women (1988)
Love on the Run (1979)
Manuela Gourary
Best movies:
Mesrine: Killer Instinct (2008)
Taxi (1998)
Hansel & Gretel (2007)