A lithe Lithuanian actress (Golubeva), a beautiful black drag queen (Courcet), a restless West Indian musician (Alex Descas), and his estranged wife (Béatrice Dalle) are among the characters in this moody neo-noir inspired by a real case involving a “granny killer” who preyed upon elderly women. I CAN’T SLEEP makes resonant use of its summer-in-the-city atmosphere and its locations in Paris's 18th arrondissement, a patchwork district of steep, skewed streets, where the ivory spires of Sacre Coeur float above the tawdry neon precincts of Pigalle. The "I" of the title refers to no particular person, evoking instead a general sense of uneasiness that afflicts all the characters.
