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- PsychologicalCouple RelationsUnfulfilled LoveImaginary KingdomImaginaryLove and RomanceMind and SoulUnfulfillment more...
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- ComedyRomanceIndependentDramaFantasy
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- Contemporary21st Century
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- FranceMexicoParisSkyscraperSmall Town
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- Date Night
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- Award WinnerOriginal
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The Science of Sleep, 2006
English, French, Spanish
France, Italy
Profile of The Science of Sleep
The Science of Sleep can be described as offbeat, stylized, and humorous. The plot revolves around unfulfilled love, an imaginary kingdom, and themes of unfulfillment. The main genres are comedy, independent, and romance. In terms of style, The Science of Sleep is nonlinear and is surreal. The storytelling is slow paced. It is set, at least in part, in a skyscraper and in a small town. The Science of Sleep is located in Mexico and Paris. It takes place in contemporary times. The movie has received attention for being original and an award winner. The Science of Sleep is well suited for a date night.
Summary of The Science of Sleep
For his first non-documentary film after 2004's ETERNAL SUNSHINE OF THE SPOTLESS MIND, French writer/director Michel Gondry applies his highly inventive cinematic vision to THE SCIENCE OF SLEEP. Largely set in the very active subconscious mind of Stephane (Gael Garcia Bernal), the movie bounces back and forth between his vivid dreams and mundane real life, which involves living in a Parisian apartment owned by his mother (Miou-Miou) and working at an office with a strange crew of characters, including the crass Guy (Alain Chabat). When Stephane meets Stephanie, a shy neighbor from next door (played by Charlotte Gainsbourg, the daughter of Gallic crooner Serge Gainsbourg and British singer/actress Jane Birkin), the two form an unusual friendship, one that may or may not lead to romance.
Even more than ETERNAL SUNSHINE, THE SCIENCE OF SLEEP is marked by Gondry's whimsical-yet-melancholy aesthetic (honed working on videos by Bjork, the White Stripes, and others), which makes heavy use of stop-motion animation and other playful visual tricks. While the former film was rooted in its American setting (Long Island, NY), SLEEP is a thoroughly European affair steeped in its French setting, with the eccentric Stephane (a transplant from Mexico) alternating between speaking (and even dreaming) in English, French, and Spanish. Although its occasionally over-the-top quirkiness may baffle some viewers, SLEEP's unpredictable and engagingly odd sense of storytelling is sure to intrigue fans of other indie classics such as AMELIE and PUNCH-DRUNK LOVE.
Details
| Language: | English, French, Spanish |
| Country: | France, Italy |
| Release date: | 18 June 2006 |
| Runtime: | 105 min |
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as Stéphane Miroux
as Stéphanie
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Critics Reviews
Los Angeles Times
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- by: Carina Chocano
The Onion (A.V. Club)
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- by: Tasha Robinson
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- 04.March.2011
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- by: Dale Williams
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- 05.January.2011
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- by: wriswith
- wriswith rated this movie7/10Good
