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The Science of Sleep (2006)

★ 7.0 · 829 ratings on TMDB

Close your eyes. Open your heart.

The Science of Sleep poster★ 7.0

A man entranced by his dreams and imagination is lovestruck with a French woman and feels he can show her his world.

DirectorMichel Gondry
CastAlain Chabat, Alain de Moyencourt, Aurélia Petit, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Emma de Caunes, Gael García Bernal
GenresComedy, Drama, Fantasy
The emergence reading

The Science of Sleep keeps every mind human — it fights its subject at zero distance. The story fights on E8/E9 of the E0–E14 reality ladder, compressing imagination, memory, love, consciousness.

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Also inFilms about memoryFilms about love
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