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Title: The Science of Sleep (2006)
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| Gael García Bernal | ... | Stéphane Miroux | |
| Charlotte Gainsbourg | ... | Stéphanie | |
| Alain Chabat | ... | Guy | |
| Miou-Miou | ... | Christine Miroux | |
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Pierre Vaneck | ... | Monsieur Pouchet |
| Emma de Caunes | ... | Zoé | |
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Aurélia Petit | ... | Martine |
| Sacha Bourdo | ... | Serge | |
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Stéphane Metzger | ... | Sylvain |
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Alain de Moyencourt | ... | Gérard (as Decourt Moyen) |
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Inigo Lezzi | ... | Monsieur Persinnet |
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Yvette Petit | ... | Ivana |
| Jean-Michel Bernard | ... | Piano-playing Policeman | |
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Eric Mariotto | ... | Policeman |
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Bertrand Delpierre | ... | Présentateur JT |
Following the death of his father from cancer, Stéphane - Mexican on his father's side, French on his mother's side - agrees, despite his less than proficient use of the French language, on his mother's request to move back to France from Mexico, she not only letting him live in her apartment in his old bedroom in the building she owns while she stays with her current boyfriend Gérard, a magician, but she having found him a job using his graphic art skills at a calendar shop. The job ends up not being quite as she had made it out to be - it more a dead end menial job - but Stéphane is still able to eke out a friendship of sorts with his new coworkers, especially Guy, the senior employee, a bully of a man-child who obsesses about sex and who becomes Stéphane's confidante. Concurrently, Stéphane strikes a friendship with his neighbor, Stéphanie, and her friend, Zoé, Stéphane and their friendship stemming out of some mistruths, including the two artistically inclined women not divulging ... Written by Huggo
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The plot summary says that the lead character is "held captive by people in his dreams." That's not so. Stephane just can't tell the difference between his dreams and reality. He is attracted to a girl and wants to move toward a relationship, but is hampered by this problem.
This film is not at all like "Waking Life" or "Eternal Sunshine." It's like Gondry's music videos, playful and eye-popping. There's no dark conflict, as implied by "held captive." I enjoyed it a lot, though because of the essential nature of the plot, it's a bit hard to follow, which diffused the impact of the story.