Before I Sleep(1997)
"Before I Sleep" is one man's odyssey through Dublin city. It is a crowded hectic film, unmistakably Dublin, yet with one constant character - John Harte, a recently unemployed middle class man in a state of quiet anxiety.
Movie: Before I Sleep
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John Harte
Barber
Girl at Old Office
Harte's Father
Porter
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"Before I Sleep" is one man's odyssey through Dublin city. It is a crowded hectic film, unmistakably Dublin, yet with one constant character - John Harte, a recently unemployed middle class man in a state of quiet anxiety.
Release Date
1997-10-18
Average
7.5
Rating:
3.8 startsTagline
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Languages:
English
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