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I Don't Want to Sleep Alone
TAIWAN · 2006

I Don't Want to Sleep Alone

Tsai Ming-liang
immigrant struggle unrequited love human compassion class disparity vulnerability
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Synopsis

Rawang, an immigrant from Bangladesh living in awful conditions, takes pity on a Chinese man, Hsiao-kang, who is beaten up and left in the street. Rawang lovingly nurses him on a mattress he found. When he is almost healed, Hsiao-kang meets the waitress Chyi. His love for Rawang is put to the test.

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