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  • Dreamlife (1997)
  • Short | 20 min | Short, Drama
Dreamlife (1997)
Short | 20 min | Short, Drama
The theatre actor Paolo is the main character in the dream of his girlfriend Celine. Meanwhile she is watching the rehearsals, through her dreaming, she manipulates his reality in such force that Paolo, really living her dreams, falls off ...See moreThe theatre actor Paolo is the main character in the dream of his girlfriend Celine. Meanwhile she is watching the rehearsals, through her dreaming, she manipulates his reality in such force that Paolo, really living her dreams, falls off the stage. This causes the awakening of Celine and the anger of the director Jack. In his dressing room, the actor is thinking about the accident and Jack comes and visits him. The director warns him to be more serious during the rehearsals. He also gives him a package from a secret fan making a bit fun of the actor. Celine, worried about the intensity of her dreams, tries to talk to her lover. Paolo, instead, does not want to know and sends her home with indifference. The same night Celine is sleeping, waiting for his phone call and at the same time Paolo enters again her dreams. On the street it rains only on him and he meets Marilyn Monroe, who drives a convertible and tries to shoot him. Scared, he goes to his lover ex-psychiatrist Deborah. Free from the danger of the dream, he spends the night with her. She comforts him and calms him down. The next day in his dressing room, Paolo meets Jack again. The actor, a bit worried, tells his director about what happened to him the night before, getting back only an other warning for the play. Celine is sleeping in the theatre and, in her dream, Marilyn Monroe comes and visits Paolo, but this time she manages to shoot him. Paolo faints in the dressing room and wakes up again as a puppet. He then is forced to play together with another puppet in front an audience of many Celine, watching the show with ironic enthusiasm. Afterwards Jack wakes up Celine stopping the dreaming. He cannot find Paolo anywhere. Paolo is together with Deborah in her place. Paolo told everything to her and asks for help. She gives him some advice and wishes to dream so deep about him. During the dinner the day before the Premiere, Paolo is thoughtful and receives the last angry warning from Jack. Paolo and Celine are walking down the street at night and he try to investigate about her dreams, thinking that they could be related to the strange things happening to him, but without success. They spend the night together. Celine dreams again, but this time it is a nightmare: Paolo is dead on the stage wearing his costume. When she gets back to bed, she finds out that he is not only dead in the dream, but also in the reality. Written by Manlio Roseano See less
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Director
Manlio Roseano
Producer
Manlio Roseano
Composer
Steven Burke
Cinematographer
Jonathan Oddy
Editor
Simon Cooper
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Dec 15, 1997 (Italy)

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