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RUNTIME
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Tight 34-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
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Sleepless
1998 0h 34m FR
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8.0
BANGER
★8.0TMDB · 1
Synopsis
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A brother is reunited with his sister in their old family home after years of separation. In the still of the night, images and sounds from their childhood come rushing back, reminding them of a father who, although often austere, did on occasion seem to enter into the spirit of things.
“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”
Cast
Laurence Vielle
Frédéric Gorny
Erline O'Donovan-Clarke
Benjamin Decol
Charles Callier
Credits
Behind the camera
- Director
- Ursula Meier
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The take
Ursula Meier directs. Runs lean at under 100 minutes.
Trivia
Things worth knowing
- 1Tight 34-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
- 228 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
- 3Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
- 4Laurence Vielle and Frédéric Gorny and Erline O'Donovan-Clarke carry the top of the cast.
- 5IMDB entry: tt0228208 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
- 6Only 1 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.
The technical file
- Runtime
- 34 min · 0h 34m
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- FR
- IMDB
- Sleepless (1998)
Also by
Ursula Meier
Key crew
Release history · US
When it landed
- Theatrical (limited)1998-01-01
Also known as
International titles
- SleeplessUS
