I Don’t Want to Sleep Alone

I Don’t Want to Sleep Alone sets director Tsai's trademark mix of seething humidity, sex, minimalism, and subtle humor in Kuala Lumpur. It's his first film shot in his native Malaysia, following such recent favorites as What Time is it There? and Goodbye, Dragon Inn (both made in Taiwan).

After being robbed and left for dead by a gang of crooks, a nomadic Chinese man (Tsai favorite Lee Kang-sheng in one of his two roles in the film) finds his life intertwined with his rescuer and the inhabitants of a dilapidated neighborhood nearby. (115 mins., 35mm)