“The Science of Sleep”, a playful romantic fantasy set inside the topsy-turvy brain of Stephane Miroux (Gael García Bernal), an eccentric young man whose dreams constantly invade his waking life.
While slumbering, he is the charismatic host of “Stephane TV,” expounding on “The Science of Sleep” in front of cardboard cameras. In “real life,” he has a boring job at a Parisian calendar publisher and pines for Stephanie (Charlotte Gainsbourg), the girl in the apartment across the hall. While Stephanie is initially charmed by Stephane, she is confused by his childishness and shaky connection to reality. Stephane’s co-worker, Guy (Alain Chabat) a vulgar but practical man, offers advice on the opposite sex, but Stephane is too far in the clouds to listen. Unable to find the secret to Stephanie’s heart while awake, Stephane searches for the answer in his dreams.
Written and directed by Michel Gondry, the boundlessly inventive creator of award-winning films (“Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind”), videos and commercials. “The Science of Sleep” is a whimsical trip into a cut-and-paste wonderland fashioned from cardboard tubes, cellophane, and imagination.
IN DREAMS
Science of Sleep Competition
Perfect for all you budding filmmakers out there, we have a day out with Partizan, the moving image production company, for one lucky person. All you have to do is submit a short film all about dreams. It can be as short or as random as you like. You can film it in HD or on your mobile phone. It can be twenty minutes long or twenty seconds, as long as the theme is dreams.
If your contribution is under 10MB you can email it to competitions@pixelsurgeon.com with the subject line "In Dreams"; if it's over 10MB you can upload it to our FTP site (but drop us an email anyway, so we know who it's from):
ftp://dreams.pixelsurgeon.com/httpdocs/dropbox
username: dreams
password: scienceofsleep
Closing date: 16 March 2007
The winner will be notified by email / UK entries only / Please read the terms and conditions
