--- title: 'Light Sleeper (1992)' type: 'film' director: 'Paul Schrader' released: '1992-01-01' runtime_minutes: 99 genres: - 'Drama' - 'Crime' countries: - 'United States' canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/light-sleeper-1992' review_count: 0 imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0102307/' publisher: 'CinePixo' --- # Light Sleeper (1992) 1992 · 99 min · Drama, Crime · United States ## Synopsis Light Sleeper is a 1992 American neo-noir crime drama film written and directed by Paul Schrader and starring Willem Dafoe, Susan Sarandon, and Dana Delany. Set in New York City during a sanitation strike, the story follows a high-class drug dealer battling a midlife crisis (Dafoe) before becoming embroiled in tragic events following the chance encounter with a former girlfriend (Delany). ## Credits - **Director:** [Paul Schrader](https://cinepixo.com/people/paul-schrader) - **Screenplay:** [Paul Schrader](https://cinepixo.com/people/paul-schrader) - **Original Music Composer:** [Michael Been](https://cinepixo.com/people/michael-been) - **Producer:** [Mario Kassar](https://cinepixo.com/people/mario-kassar), [Linda Reisman](https://cinepixo.com/people/linda-reisman) - **Director of Photography:** [Edward Lachman](https://cinepixo.com/people/edward-lachman) - **Editor:** [Kristina Boden](https://cinepixo.com/people/kristina-boden) ## Cast - [Susan Sarandon](https://cinepixo.com/people/susan-sarandon) - [Paul Jabara](https://cinepixo.com/people/paul-jabara) - [René Rivera](https://cinepixo.com/people/rene-rivera) - [Victor Garber](https://cinepixo.com/people/victor-garber) - [Mary Beth Hurt](https://cinepixo.com/people/mary-beth-hurt) - [Dana Delany](https://cinepixo.com/people/dana-delany) - [David Clennon](https://cinepixo.com/people/david-clennon) - [David Spade](https://cinepixo.com/people/david-spade) - [Willem Dafoe](https://cinepixo.com/people/willem-dafoe) - [Sam Rockwell](https://cinepixo.com/people/sam-rockwell) - [Jane Adams](https://cinepixo.com/people/jane-adams) ## Criticism on CinePixo No reviews published yet. Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/light-sleeper-1992 Film facts: Wikidata (Q676928); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.