A man entranced by his dreams and imagination is love-struck with a French woman and feels he can show her his world.A man entranced by his dreams and imagination is love-struck with a French woman and feels he can show her his world.A man entranced by his dreams and imagination is love-struck with a French woman and feels he can show her his world.
- Awards
- 7 wins & 9 nominations
Alain de Moyencourt
- Gérard
- (as Decourt Moyen)
- Director
- Writer
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Did you know
- TriviaAt the 2006 Berlin Film Festival, director Michel Gondry told that the main location of the film is a house where he used to live 15 years ago.
- Alternate versionsThe French DVD edition present a alternate version of the film made of B-roll footage.
- ConnectionsEdited into La science des rêves - Film B (2007)
- SoundtracksIf You Rescue Me
(adaptation from "After Hours")
Written by Lou Reed
Adaptation by Jean-Michel Bernard
(c) Oakfield Avenue Music Ltd / Screen Gems - EMI Music Inc.
Additional lyrics by Linda Serbu (as Miss Linda Colleen Serbu)
By permission of EMI Music Publishing France SA
All rights reserved
Featured review
Or, The Science of Sleep. A film that rates -very- high on the weirdness scale as it tells the story of a man that has trouble keeping reality and dreamworld apart. It starts when he moves back to France to live with his mother after his father passes away. The rest of his story is a fairly normal one, just the way it is played out is rather odd.
This film had me watching it open mouthed for most of the time. From the very start of it to the very end. In fact, I might have had my mouth open from the moment it started - I didn't realize it until about halfway through. The astonishment and pleasure on my end started with the very first shots - the way things got depicted and worked out. A film that is as much a film as a true piece of art.
I can do nothing other than rating this one very highly. It is like a dream but also like reality and it explains its title and theme very clearly. Acting is good enough and the music choice is very fitting. All in all, very worthwhile material.
9 out of 10 fuzzy dreams
This film had me watching it open mouthed for most of the time. From the very start of it to the very end. In fact, I might have had my mouth open from the moment it started - I didn't realize it until about halfway through. The astonishment and pleasure on my end started with the very first shots - the way things got depicted and worked out. A film that is as much a film as a true piece of art.
I can do nothing other than rating this one very highly. It is like a dream but also like reality and it explains its title and theme very clearly. Acting is good enough and the music choice is very fitting. All in all, very worthwhile material.
9 out of 10 fuzzy dreams
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Box office
- Budget
- $6,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $4,670,644
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $347,925
- Sep 24, 2006
- Gross worldwide
- $15,116,179
- Runtime1 hour 45 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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