The Sun of the Sleepless (Georgian: უძინართა მზე Udzinarta mze, "Sleeping sun") is a 1992 Georgian drama film directed by Temur Babluani.
It was entered into the 43rd Berlin International Film Festival where it won the Silver Bear for outstanding artistic contribution.
The film is about a doctor named Gela Bendeliani (Elgudzha Burduli) and his wealthless family in Tbilisi in Soviet Georgia.
In the film Gela Bendeliani has an unlimited capacity for generosity and forgiveness.
He has been working in a government institution, privately experimenting on white mice for 23 years to find a cure for cancer.