38th edition
17-25 january 2026

I fell Asleep

Je me suis Endormi

Paul Lacoste

Image I fell Asleep
France
2003 Fiction 5 min
A man sleeps in his room. Whether his house is burgled, his wife violently crushed by a train, or he's sentenced to death by a judge, nothing wakes him. The guillotine perhaps ?
With : Anthony Brinig
Screenplay : Paul Lacoste d'après Henri Michaux
Image : Yvan Quehec
Sound : Philippe St Pé
Production : Paul Lacoste // 1 bis rue Boieldieu, 33100 Toulouse, France // Tel : +33 5 62 21 57 86 // E-mail : paul.lacoste@free.fr
Born in 1966, Paul Lacoste began his career by making documentaries in 1991. Since 1998 he divides his time between teaching audiovisual studies (as a university lecturer) at the Université de Toulouse II and intense production of documentaries for television which includes Louis Froidour which was aired on France 3. I fell asleep is his first short fiction film, made at the same as l'île au phare, a standard fiction film presented this year in Angers in the " freestyle " category.