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The Science of Sleep
Why this pick
Its handmade visual imagination turns adult insecurity and stalled creativity into a playful, unstable world, balancing inventive craft with a tender, awkward romantic core.
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MOVIE2017 1h 20m USA
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01 / THE STORY
A little about the film.
While his girlfriend Annie is away for the weekend, 30-year-old Dave works fervently on his next big art project. Dave has for years had a habit of not being able to finish anything, and is apparently jobless as he still gets his income from his parents, whom he believes are tired of him. He finally has a breakthrough and begins to build something from the center and work his way out. When Annie comes home, she is surprised to find Dave's project: a small cardboard fort that is supposedly bigger on the inside. Dave, who communicates with Annie from the vents he added, tells her not to enter or destroy his project. When Annie shakes the exterior, she is confused by the abundance of noise and machinery she hears on the inside.
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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME
The people who bring it to life.
Nick Thune
Dave
Meera Rohit Kumbhani
Annie
Adam Busch
Gordon
James Urbaniak
Harry
Stephanie Allynne
Brynn
Kirsten Vangsness
Jane
Scott Krinsky
Leonard
John Hennigan
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