The Science of Sleep(2006)

Name: The Science of Sleep
Director: Michel Gondry
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Released: Sep 22, 2006
Cast: Gael García Bernal, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Miou-Miou, Alain Chabat

Warner Independent Pictures (WIP)

R
Rated R for language, some sexual content and nudity
1h 45m

Release Date: Sep 22, 2006

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

Note: Distributed by Warner Independent Pictures (WIP)

Release Details

Original Release | Sep 22, 2006 | Limited

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Box Office Results

Results

Opening Weekend US & Canada:
$347,925
Total US & Canada:
$4,670,644
Total International
$10,445,535
Total Worldwide:
$15,116,179

Current Showtimes

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Director & Top Cast

Michel Gondry
Director

Gael García Bernal
Stéphane Miroux

Charlotte Gainsbourg
Stéphanie

Miou-Miou
Christine Miroux

Alain Chabat
Guy

Technical Specifications

Sound Mix: DTS,Dolby Digital

Aspect Ratio: 1.85 : 1

Other Details

Country of Origin: France, Italy

Language: French,English,Spanish

Summaries

Storyline

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. — Huggo Following the death of his father in Mexico, Stéphane Miroux, a shy insecure young man, agrees to come to Paris to draw closer to his widowed mother Christine. He lands a boring job at a calendar-making firm and falls in love with his charming neighbor Stéphanie. But conquering her is no bed of roses for the young man and the only solution he finds to put up with the difficulties he is going through is escape into a dream world... — Guy Bellinger