I Don't Want to Sleep Alone

Infobox Film
name = I Don't Want to Sleep Alone


caption = The Taiwanese theatrical release poster.
director = Tsai Ming-liang
producer = Bruno Pésery
Vincent Wang
writer = Tsai Ming-liang
narrator =
starring = Lee Kang-sheng
Norman Atun
Chen Shiang-chyi
Pearlly Chua
music =
cinematography = Liao Pen-jung
Tsai Ming-liang
editing = Chen Sheng-Chang
distributor = Fortissimo Films
Axiom Films
Strand Releasing
released = Venice Film Festival:
September 4, 2006 (premiere)
Taiwan:
March 23, 2007
United States:
May 9, 2007 (limited)
Malaysia:
May 17, 2007
United Kingdom:
November 16, 2007
runtime = 115 min. (international)
country = Malaysia/Taiwan
language = Taiwanese, Malay, Mandarin, Bengali
budget =
preceded_by =
followed_by =
website =
amg_id = 1:357173
imdb_id = 0855824

"I Don't Want to Sleep Alone" (Chinese: 黑眼圈 "Hei yan quan") is a 2006 Malaysian-Taiwanese romantic-drama film written and directed by Tsai Ming-liang. Lee Kang-sheng stars in a dual role as a brain-dead patient being cared for by a young woman (Chen Shiang-chyi), and as a homeless man who is severely beaten by a mob, and then found and cared for by a Bangladeshi migrant worker (Norman Atun).

Censorship in Malaysia

The Malaysian Censorship Board on 4th March 2007 decided to ban Tsai's latest film shot in Malaysia, "I Don't Want to Sleep Alone" based on 18 counts of incidences shown in the film depicting the country "in a bad light" for cultural, ethical and racial reasons. However, they later allowed the film to be screened in the country after Tsai agreed to censor parts of the film according to the requirements of the Censorship Board. [ [http://star-ecentral.com/news/story.asp?file=/2007/5/14/movies/17639243&sec=movies "Cutting for change"] , "TheStar Online", May 14, 2007.]

Release

Infobox movie certificates
Argentina = 16
Malaysia = R
Netherlands = 6
Singapore = M18
United_Kingdom = 15"I Don't Want to Sleep Alone" was among several films commissioned by Peter Sellars' New Crowned Hope Festival in Vienna in 2006, to commemorate the 250th anniversary of the birth of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.

The film had its world premiere on September 4, 2006 at the 64th Venice International Film Festival. It made its North American premiere on September 11 at the 2006 Toronto International Film Festival. It was also screened at the Vancouver International Film Festival, the Pusan International Film Festival, the London Film Festival, the Festival of Three Continents, the London Lesbian and Gay Film Festival the Deauville Asian Film Festival and the Hong Kong International Film Festival.

It opened in general release in Taiwan on March 23, 2007, and after a censorship controversy in Malaysia, a version specially edited by director Tsai Ming-liang opened in Malaysian cinemas on May 17, 2007.

The film had a limited release in New York City on May 9, 2007, and was released in the United Kingdom on November 16, 2007.

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*imdb title|id=0855824|title=Hei yan quan
*amg movie|id=1:357173|title=I Don't Want to Sleep Alone
*rotten-tomatoes|id=i_dont_want_to_sleep_alone|title=I Don't Want to Sleep Alone
*metacritic film|id=idontwanttosleepalone|title=I Don't Want to Sleep Alone