 The Science of Sleep
Starring: Gael Garcia Bernal, Jean-Michel Bernard, Emma de Caunes, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Stéphane Metzger, Miou-Miou, Aurélia Petit, Pierre Vaneck, Alain Chabat
Directed by: Michel Gondry
Screenplay by: Michel Gondry
Release: September 29, 2006
MPAA Rating: R for language, some sexual content and nudity.
Studio: Warner Independent
 Domestic: $4,670,644 (31.1%)
Foreign: $10,343,371 (68.9%)
Total: $15,014,015 (Worldwide)
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 Tagline: Close your eyes. Open your heart.
“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.
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