Light Sleeper

Light Sleeper

1992 · 103 min · EN · R · 6.7 (227 votes)
Dir. Paul Schrader · Starring Willem Dafoe, Susan Sarandon, Dana Delany, David Clennon, Mary Beth Hurt, Victor Garber · Music Michael Been

“He was a good man in a deadly business. She was his only way out.”

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John LeTour is a recovering drug user who suffers insomnia and still deals to a high-end New York clientele, even though he’s trying to move on from the business. John’s professional midlife crisis becomes something more acute — and dangerous — when he re-encounters an old flame while a string of seemingly drug-related murders rocks the city.

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A hazy, introspective journey through the weary life of a man adrift. It's a slow, melancholic descent into existential dread, punctuated by moments of quiet desperation and the lingering ghosts of past mistakes.

melancholicexistentialwearyintrospectiveslow-burnneo-noircharacter studygritty realismaddictionlossredemptionexistentialism
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