The Wakeful Sleeper

The Wakeful Sleeper (2021)

June 2nd, 20211h 14min

Documentary
80%

Overview

B., a film-maker and insomniac, decides to rescue his hours of insomnia from the void by filming his quest for sleep. The insomniac asks questions about these different states of consciousness and about the difficulties humans have in synchronising their social rhythms and biological ones.


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