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While You Were Sleeping

7/10

Rating

103 min

Runtime

1995

Release Year

Jon Turteltaub

Director

Cast

Sandra Bullock, Bill Pullman, Peter Gallagher, Peter Boyle, Jack Warden

Quick Synopsis

In Chicago, a transit worker named Lucy saves a man named Peter from being mugged and pulled off the railway tracks. While Peter is in a coma, his family mistakenly believes Lucy is his fiancée, and she chooses not to correct their misunderstanding. As she becomes closer to Peter's family, Lucy develops feelings for Peter's brother, Jack, who is uncertain about Lucy's true identity and intentions, leading to a complicated situation for all involved.

Detailed Synopsis of While You Were Sleeping

A transit worker pulls commuter Peter off railway tracks after he's mugged, but—while he's in a coma—his family mistakenly thinks she's Peter's fiancée, and she doesn't correct them. Things get more complicated when she falls for his brother, who's not quite sure that she's who she claims to be.

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