The Science of Sleep
Close your eyes. Open your heart.
Production
Budget
$6 000 000
Revenue
$15 019 789
Director
Actors
Gael García Bernal, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Miou-Miou, Alain Chabat, Emma de Caunes, Aurélia Petit, Sacha Bourdo, Pierre Vaneck, Stéphane Metzger, Alain de Moyencourt
All actors and roles (10)
All actors and roles (10)
Scenario
Producer
Michel Gondry, Georges Bermann, Frédéric Junqua
Operator
Jean-Louis Bompoint
Composer
Artist
Ann Chakraverty, Pierre Pell, Stéphane Rozenbaum
Audition
Julie Navarro, Nathalie Guillaume
Editing
Short description
A man entranced by his dreams and imagination is lovestruck with a French woman and feels he can show her his world.
What's left behind the scenes
- The characters in the film constantly switch the language they speak: English, French, and Spanish are heard in the movie. According to the director, he hadn't planned this, as the lead actor Gael García Bernal had promised to learn French by the start of filming, but failed to keep his promise.
- Rhys Ifans was originally slated to play the lead role. He worked with director and screenwriter Michel Gondry on early drafts of the script and is also mentioned in the final credits among those to whom the filmmakers express their gratitude.
- Above Stefan’s bed hangs an envelope from The Smiths record “How Soon Is Now?”. Envelopes from records by the British band The Cure also hang above it. In the shots where little Stefan lies on the bed covered in his own vomit, with his hands incredibly large, we see a cardboard cutout with cupids drawn on it on the left wall – the same illustration is on the cover of the album “Japanese Whispers.” And in all the “present day” scenes where the same wall is visible, the envelope from the album “Three Imaginary Boys” hangs in the same place.
- Above Stefan's bed hangs the sleeve of The Smiths' record 'How Soon Is Now?'. There are also sleeves from records by the British band The Cure. In the shots where a young Stefan lies on the bed covered in his own vomit, with his hands appearing incredibly huge, we see a cardboard piece on the left wall with cupids drawn on it—the same illustration found on the cover of the album 'Japanese Whispers'. In all the scenes set in the 'present' time where this same wall is visible, the sleeve of the album 'Three Imaginary Boys' hangs in that same spot.
- The characters in the film constantly switch the languages they speak; English, French, and Spanish are all heard in the movie. According to the director, he hadn't planned this, as the lead actor, Gael García Bernal, had promised to learn French by the start of filming but was unable to keep that promise.
- The lead role was originally intended for Rhys Evans. He worked with director and screenwriter Michel Gondry on the initial drafts of the script, and he is mentioned in the final credits among those to whom the filmmakers express their gratitude.
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