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The Science of Sleep ()

La science des rêves (original title)
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A man entranced by his dreams and imagination is love-struck with a French woman and feels he can show her his world.

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Stéphane Miroux
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Stéphanie
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Guy
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Christine Miroux
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Monsieur Pouchet
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Zoé
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Martine
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Serge
Stéphane Metzger ...
Sylvain
Alain de Moyencourt ...
Gérard (as Decourt Moyen)
Inigo Lezzi ...
Monsieur Persinnet
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Ivana
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Piano-playing Policeman
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Policeman
Bertrand Delpierre ...
Présentateur JT

Directed by

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Michel Gondry

Written by

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Michel Gondry ... (written by)

Produced by

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Georges Bermann ... producer
Michel Gondry ... producer
Frédéric Junqua ... producer
Inigo Lezzi ... line producer

Music by

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Jean-Michel Bernard

Cinematography by

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Jean-Louis Bompoint

Editing by

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Juliette Welfling

Editorial Department

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Benoit Armstrong ... post-production assistant
Marie-Pierre Frappier ... assistant editor
Marjolaine Mispelaere ... digital intermediate colorist
Yann Thauvin ... negative cutter

Casting By

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Nathalie Guillaume
Julie Navarro

Production Design by

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Ann Chakraverty
Pierre Pell
Stéphane Rozenbaum

Costume Design by

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Florence Fontaine

Makeup Department

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Maya Benamer ... key makeup artist
Simine Commien ... makeup artist
Aurélie Rameau ... makeup artist
Céline Rothfuss ... hair stylist

Production Management

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Robin Accard ... post-production manager
Attila Egry ... unit production manager
Julien Flick ... assistant unit manager
Benjamin Krecke ... unit manager trainee
Inigo Lezzi ... production manager
Cyril Merle ... production manager: animation
Damien Saussol ... assistant general manager
Khalid Tahhar ... production manager
Olivier Torion ... assistant unit manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

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Julia d'Artemare ... trainee assistant director
Bertrand Delpierre ... first assistant director
Thomas Lipmann ... second assistant director
Chris Schepard ... third assistant director (as Christopher Schepard)

Art Department

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Lauri Faggioni ... creator: animals and accessories
Rémy Gente ... graphic designer
Nadir Gherbi ... assistant art director
Bruno Guillemet ... sculptures
Benoît Herlin ... assistant property master

Sound Department

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Régis Boussin ... boom operator
Dominique Gaborieau ... sound
Benoit Gargonne ... dialogue editor
Jean Gargonne ... sound editor
Vincent Laurence ... sound recordist
Damien Lazzerini ... re-recording mixer
Guillaume Le Braz ... sound (as Guillaume Le Bras)
Marion Lorthioir ... post-synchronisation
Jean-Pierre Milhau ... boom operator
Philippe Penot ... foley artist
Gréggory Poncelet ... sound recordist
Guillaume Sciama ... sound
Jean-Noël Yven ... sound effects editor

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Julien Héry ... digital compositor (as Julien Hery)
Jean-Gabriel Saint-Paul ... visual effects coordinator

Stunts

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Cedric Proust ... stunt coordinator
Florian Robin ... stunt double: Gael García Bernal
Othman Ilyassa ... stunts (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department

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Marco Ballant ... grip
Patrick de Ranter ... steadicam operator
Pierre Emily ... grip
Etienne George ... still photographer
Cyril Leguennec ... key grip
Loïc Lepechon ... generator operator
Miriam Matejovsky ... video playback operator
Marie-Mélanie Méry ... second assistant camera
Bertrand Salliou ... grip
Kathy Sebbah ... assistant camera
Thierry Trelluyer ... camera operator: second camera
Valerio Villalba ... assistant camera

Location Management

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Valérie Segond ... location scout
Géraldine Stivet ... location manager

Music Department

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Jean-Philippe Audin ... musician: cello solo
Jean-Michel Bernard ... conductor / music arranger
Catherine Cantin ... musician: flute
Khalil Chahine ... musician: guitar
Marc Chantereau ... musician: cymbal
Michel Gondry ... musician: drums
Christophe Guiot ... musician: violin solo
Philippe Hervouet ... musician: guitar
Basile Leroux ... musician: guitar
Bruno Martinez ... musician: clarinet solo
Bruno Mercere ... music recordist

Script and Continuity Department

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Carole Fevre ... script supervisor
Robert Buckler ... script consultant (uncredited)

Additional Crew

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Raffi Adlan ... assistant: Michel Gondry
Stéphanie Bermann ... assistant: Gael Garcia Bernal
Douglas Costa ... executive producer assistant
Amélie Couvelaire ... assistant: Georges Bermann
Tatum Drouilhat ... assistant: Michel Gondry
Katya Mokolo ... production assistant
Monique Pautas ... financial controller
Karl Sigwald ... production assistant
Chrystel Tissot ... production coordinator
Cameron Watson ... dialogue coach: English

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Rhys Ifans ... thanks: for the title "The Science of Sleep"

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Storyline

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Plot Summary

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 they, like him, lead dead end nine-to-five jobs, and Stéphane also not divulging that he is actually Stéphanie's neighbor and the son of her landlady which allows him to spy on Stéphanie's apartment without notice. While Stéphane is romantically interested in Zoé, he believes Stéphanie in turn is interested in him. Regardless, Stéphane forms a special bond with Stéphanie, their similar names only one of the many factors which may indicate that the cosmos meant for them to have this bond. Despite what Stéphanie may feel for Stéphane in return, their friendship/relationship will be affected by Stéphane often not being able to differentiate between reality and what are, to him, his very vivid dreams. Written by Huggo

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Taglines Close your eyes. Open your heart. See more »
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Also Known As
  • L'arte del sogno (Italy)
  • The Science of Sleep (Canada, English title)
  • The Science of Sleep (United States)
  • The Science of Sleep (World-wide, English title)
  • The Science of Sleep (India, English title)
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Runtime
  • 105 min
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Budget $6,000,000 (estimated)

Did You Know?

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Trivia At 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. See more »
Movie Connections Edited into La science des rêves - Film B (2007). See more »
Soundtracks If You Rescue Me See more »
Quotes Stéphanie: Why me?
Stephane: Because everyone else is boring. And because you are different.You don't like me,Stèphanie.
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