Raúl Ruiz
Director
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.
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Country: France
Production Country:
France
Languages:
French
Recommendations
Runtime: 100 min.
Released: Sept. 15, 1987
Status: Released
Certification: NR