The Science of Sleep (La Science des rêves)

Director: Michel Gondry

Cast: Gael García Bernal, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Jean-Michel Bernard, Emma de Caunes, Alain Chabat, Stéphane Metzger, Miou-Miou

(Warner Independent Pictures, 2006) Rated: R

US DVD release date: 6 February 2007

by Jesse Hassenger

This film revels in blurriness; not just in the line between director and fictional character, but between people, languages, and of course, between sleeping and waking, between living and dreaming.
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