I Don’'t Want To Sleep Alone

The film’s central characters are all searching for love or sexual satisfaction. The film is told in exquisite images, most often interiors scenes of cramped living spaces or at a watery construction site. As the jigsaw puzzle gradually falls into place, we see an image of a Kuala Lumpur with a Chinese minority and a strong presence of migratory labourers. In the middle of all this, we meet the actor Kang-sheng Lee, Tsai’s usual alter ego, in two main roles, both without him uttering a single word. We have to wonder what he is thinking and this contributes further to the mysteriousness of the film. bb