Film: The Science of Sleep
Cast: Gael Garcia Bernal, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Alain Chabat, Miou-Miou, Emma de Caunes, Aurelia Petit, Sacha Bourdo, Pierre Vaneck, Stephane Metzger, Stéphane de Moyencourt, Inigo Lezzi, Yvette Petit, Jean-Michel Bernard
Plot: Stephane Miroux returns to Paris to work in a printing firm that makes calendars. His vivid dreams are a compensation for the dull life he leads.
Before his cardboard cameras, he invents a television program about dreams. One day, he meets Stephanie, his neighbour, and falls in love with her. Initially charmed by this astonishing young man's strange behavior, it then scares her away and Stephanie rejects him. Awkward at the art of seduction, Stephane decides to find the solution to his problem in the realm where imagination is king.
About the director: Simply known as the director whose work makes other directors cry, Michel Gondry sets the standards in everything he does. His groundbreaking videos for artists including the White Stripes, Bjork, The Chemical Brothers and Daft Punk have won him many awards.
He has also made three feature films -- Human Nature, the Oscar-winning Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind and The Science of Sleep.
Screening: 29 January, 6 pm
Venue: Fun Cinemas, Andheri, Western suburb of Mumbai
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