I Don't Want to Sleep Alone
2006 1h 58m movie Film Taiwan

I Don't Want to Sleep Alone

黑眼圈

I Don't Want to Sleep Alone ranks #2 among 9 Taiwan films released between 2005–2007.

Synopsis

黑眼圈

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.

The 2005–2007 Taiwan Window

9 Taiwan films released in this three-year window, ranked here by audience rating. I Don't Want to Sleep Alone sits at position #2.

  1. Three Times
    #1

    Three Times

    ★ 7.0 · 2005

  2. I Don't Want to Sleep Alone

    #2

    I Don't Want to Sleep Alone

    ★ 6.5 · 2006

  3. The Drummer
    #3

    The Drummer

    ★ 6.4 · 2007

  4. Silk
    #4

    Silk

    ★ 6.2 · 2006

  5. The Most Distant Course
    #5

    The Most Distant Course

    ★ 6.2 · 2007

  6. Devil Beside You
    #6

    Devil Beside You

    ★ 6.2 · 2005

  7. Flight of the Red Balloon
    #7

    Flight of the Red Balloon

    ★ 6.0 · 2007

  8. The Wayward Cloud
    #8

    The Wayward Cloud

    ★ 5.9 · 2005

The 2000s Taiwan Landscape

Catalog density by release year in the 2000s. Highlighted year (yellow) is when I Don't Want to Sleep Alone premiered. 31 total titles in this decade from Taiwan.

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Reception Benchmarks

6.5
TMDB Rating
35
Audience Reviews
Well Received
Critical Tier

Ranked #99 of 174 Taiwan films indexed here (43rd percentile by TMDB audience score).

Among Taiwan Drama productions specifically: #78 of 118 (top 66%).

Production Details

Primary Country Taiwan
All Production Countries Taiwan, Malaysia, Austria, France
Original Language Chinese
Spoken Languages Bengali, Mandarin, Malay
Production Companies Soudaine Compagnie, Homegreen Films, New Crowned Hope, EMI Music Taiwan, Government Information Office of the Republic of China
Runtime 1h 58m
Release Date December 2, 2006
IMDb tt0855824

Themes & Motifs

  • lovesickness
  • homeless person
  • nurse
  • natural disaster
  • one-sided love
  • lovers
  • tenderness
  • male homosexuality
  • relationship
  • powder
  • unhappiness
  • kuala lumpur malaysia

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