Waking Life

Waking Life (2001)

Dreams. What are they? An escape from reality or reality itself?

TMDb

7.5

19/10/2001 • 1h 41m
original-title

Waking Life

status

Released

production-companies

IFC Productions

Thousand Words

Detour Filmproduction

original-language

English

budget

-

revenue

$3,176,880

Waking Life is about a young man in a persistent lucid dream-like state. The film follows its protagonist as he initially observes and later participates in philosophical discussions that weave together issues like reality, free will, our relationships with others, and the meaning of life.

director
Richard Linklater
production-countries

United States of America

spoken-languages

English

Ethan Hawke

Jesse

Julie Delpy

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Wiley Wiggins

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Bill Wise

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