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This French drama uses two plots that occasionally come together. The stories are set within the multiethnic neighborhoods of Paris. In the first, Daiga (Yekaterina Golubeva), a spunky Lithuanian actr... read more read more...ess, drives into to town to collect on the promise of a director she slept with. He lied to her and now she, who speaks no French, must accept help from friends and relatives who set her up in a small hotel. She gets a job as a chambermaid. The second examines the lives of a large expatriate Caribbean family. Theo ( Alex Descas), a musician, takes small carpentry jobs for wealthy Parisians to support his young daughter. He really wants to go home to Martinique, but his daughter's mother doesn't want to. Theo's brother Camille (Richard Courcet) has real problems. He is the wild one. Dressed in his fishnet stockings and garish makeup, Camille sings at the local gay club. He sleeps with his lover (also his doctor) in the same hotel as Daiga. Camille seems nice enough until it is discovered that he is not only a drug addict and HIV-positive, he also strangles old women to death while a partner robs their homes. Camille seems oddly distant from his actions, which he calmly describes. ~ Sandra Brennan, Rovi

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Unrated, 1 hr. 50 min.

Directed by: Claire Denis

Release Date: August 11, 1995

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DVD Release Date: January 25, 2005

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Jeffrey M. Anderson
April 21, 2005
Jeffrey M. Anderson, Combustible Celluloid

Denis is so good at quietly capturing small, slow rhythms and fuzzy, dreamy moments that I Can't Sleep almost succeeds all on its own. Full Review

Gabe Leibowitz
March 8, 2005
Gabe Leibowitz, Film and Felt

...more intriguing than Denis' later efforts, but no less frustrating, and ultimately unrewarding... Full Review

Dennis Schwartz
October 22, 2001
Dennis Schwartz, Ozus' World Movie Reviews

It's a fascinating, well-made, disturbing and subversive film. Full Review

Lisa Schwarzbaum
September 7, 2011
Lisa Schwarzbaum, Entertainment Weekly

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Deborah Young
March 26, 2009
Deborah Young, Variety

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Caryn James
May 20, 2003
Caryn James, New York Times

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James Berardinelli
January 1, 2000
James Berardinelli, ReelViews

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Mick LaSalle
January 1, 2000
Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle

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August 11, 1995
Entertainment Weekly

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Emanuel Levy
June 19, 2005
Emanuel Levy, EmanuelLevy.Com

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