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The Science of Sleep

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Originally titled La science des rêves, this quirky 2006 French film starring Gael García Bernal and Charlotte Gainsbourg and directed by Michel Gondry is a surreal exploration of the nature of dreams, as well as a charming romance (sort of).Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_mobile_ad_1'); })Under-appreciated creative-man Stéphane meets Stéphanie and Zoé moving into the room across from him and he helps move their piano - after getting injured he's invited in to heal his wounds. For some reason he neglects to tell them that he lives across from them, meaning every time he leaves he has to pretend to leave the building.Things though get confusing as it becomes more difficult (for the audience) to tell the difference between what is real and what is a dream, due to Stéphane's Cloud Cuckoolander status as he tries to get closer to Stéphanie, making gifts for her and getting more and more angry at life that he seems unable to cope with.
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All Men Are Perverts
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All Men Are Perverts: Or so Guy keeps trying to convince Stéphane.
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Ambiguous Ending: It's hard to really conclude how the film ends. Stéphane loses his job, he decides to move back to Mexico, and gets in one last fight with Stéphanie before falling asleep on her bed. She then strokes his hair, and then it cuts to them riding a life-sized Golden the Pony Boy before going away on the model boat. Given that the film has constantly played with the question of what's real and what's not, this could be how Stéphane wanted the story to end.
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Bilingual Dialogue: Some of the conversations, especially between Stéphane and Guy are a mix of French, English, and occasionally Spanish.
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Betty and Veronica
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Betty and Veronica: Stéphanie is firmly in the "Betty" category, and Zoé, as an aspiring musician has elements of the "Veronica".
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Award-Bait Song: "Golden the Pony Boy", the film's closing theme.
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All Just a Dream
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All Just a Dream
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