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.

Drama + Romance in Taiwan

26 Taiwan titles in our catalog blend the Drama and Romance genres. Below: the top-rated of them (excluding I Don't Want to Sleep Alone itself).

Taiwan × and Co-Production

Taiwan (lead)Malaysia

The 2005–2007 Taiwan Window

Among 9 Taiwan films we catalog from this window, I Don't Want to Sleep Alone places #2 — near the top of its class.

  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 across the 2000s in Taiwan, 31 titles in total. Highlighted year (yellow) is when I Don't Want to Sleep Alone premiered alongside 1 others.

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Position in Catalog

The 58th Taiwan title from Taiwan we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1972).

Our Taiwan catalog contains 174 titles in total (149 films).

Audience Engagement

35
Reviews
68th
Review-volume percentile
43rd
Popularity percentile

35 audience reviews — more than 68% of Taiwan films in our index.

Review volume (68th percentile) outruns trending popularity (43th) — a durable title with sustained audience attention.

Thematic Fingerprint

Tags on I Don't Want to Sleep Alone, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.

Distinctive themes · rare across catalog
  • homeless person · 3
  • one-sided love · 3
  • lovesickness · 2
  • lovers · 2
  • unhappiness · 2
  • kuala lumpur malaysia · 2
  • tenderness · 1
  • powder · 1
Recurring themes · common across catalog
  • relationship · 23
  • male homosexuality · 18
  • nurse · 13
  • natural disaster · 10

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 CountryTaiwan
All Production CountriesTaiwan, Malaysia, Austria, France
Original LanguageChinese
Spoken LanguagesBengali, Mandarin, Malay
Production CompaniesSoudaine Compagnie, Homegreen Films, New Crowned Hope, EMI Music Taiwan, Government Information Office of the Republic of China
Runtime1h 58m
Release DateDecember 2, 2006
IMDbtt0855824