Documentary · Belgium · 2021 · 1h 14m

The Wakeful Sleeper

Le Dormeur éveillé

Director

Cast

Boris Van Der Avoort as Himself + voice-over

Crew

Aliocha Van Der Avoort — Director of Photography Boris Van Der Avoort — Director of Photography Boris Van Der Avoort — Editor Rudi Maerten — Editor Isabelle Dumont — Writer Boris Van Der Avoort — Writer

Synopsis

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.

Mood & Themes

insomnia insomniac

Key Collaborators

Boris Van Der Avoort Director Aliocha Van Der Avoort Director of Photography Boris Van Der Avoort Director of Photography Boris Van Der Avoort Editor Rudi Maerten Editor Isabelle Dumont Writer Boris Van Der Avoort Writer Marie Kervyn Producer

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