Life Is a Dream (1987)
A baroque mix of revolutionary politics, pop culture and semiotics loosely based on the play by Pedro Calderón de la Barca. A young prince learns that life is just a dream from which we wake when we die. And that dreams may be as real as life.
Director: Raúl Ruiz
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Sylvain Thirolle as |
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Roch Leibovici as |
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Bénédicte Sire as |
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Jean-Bernard Guillard as |
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Jean-François Lapalus as |
| Directing | Raúl Ruiz | Director |
| Camera | Jacques Bouquin | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Martine Bouquin | Editor |
| Writing | Pedro Calderón de la Barca | Writer |
| Writing | Raúl Ruiz | Writer |
| Editing | Rudolfo Wedeles | Editor |
| Sound | Jorge Arriagada | Original Music Composer |