The Science Of Sleep (2006)


Gael Garcia Bernal      Stephane Miroux
Charlotte Gainsbourg    Stephanie
Alain Chabat            Guy
Jean-Michel Bernard     Policeman
Emma De Caunes          Zoe
Miou-Miou               Christine Miroux
Sacha Bourdo            Serge
Pierre Vaneck           Mr. Pouchet
Aurelia Petit           Martine
Stephane Metzger (II)   Sylvain
Alain de Moyencourt     Gerard
Inigo Lezzi             Mr. Persinnet
Yvette Petit            Ivana

Directed by:            Michel Gondry
Produced by:            Georges Bermann, Frederic Junqua


Life seems to be looking up for shy and withdrawn Stephane when he is coaxed to return to his 
childhood home with the promise of a job, in the mundane world of copy setting. Wildly creative, 
his fanciful and sometimes disturbing dream life constantly threatens to usurp his waking world. 
Stephane is quickly drawn to his neighbor, Stephanie whose imagination easily matches his own. 
As their relationship blossoms, the confidence Stephane exudes in his dreams begins bleeding over 
into his real life. Unable to bear the prospect of a waking world without Stephanie's love, and 
with no satisfying solutions coming out of his dream world, Stephane faces a dilemma he may not 
be able to depend on the science of sleep to help him solve.

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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.