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To Sleep So as to Dream (1986)

To Sleep So as to Dream poster
Original title
夢みるように眠りたい
Directed by
Kaizō Hayashi
Genre
fantasy film
Country
Japan
Runtime
1h 20m
Rating
6.6 of 10 from 14 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A silent film actress from the 1920s hires two private detectives to find her missing daughter. The search leads them through a strange world of old films and memories.

dreamlikewhimsicalslow-pacedmysteriousplayfulnostalgicquirkysurreal

What happens

Yumemiru yôni nemuritai (título original: 夢みるように眠りたい, traducible como «Enterrado en el ensueño»; en inglés: To Sleep so as to Dream) es una película japonesa de 1986 escrita y dirigida por Kaizo Hayashi y que supuso su debut cinematográfico.​ (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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