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The Dreamer (2016)

The Dreamer poster
Original title
El soñador
Directed by
Adrián Saba
Genre
drama film
Country
Peru
Runtime
1h 20m
Rated
16
Rating
7.2 of 10 from 3 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A young gang member in Peru wants to leave his criminal life behind. He falls in love for the first time, and the story mixes real events with dreamlike moments.

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What happens

The Dreamer (Spanish: El soñador) is a 2016 romantic drama film written, co-produced and directed by Adrián Saba. Starring Gustavo Borjas as a young gang member who longs to escape his criminal environment while developing his first love, in a plot that plays between the real and the dreamlike. The Dreamer had its world premiere at the 66th Berlin International Film Festival on 16 February 2016, in the Generation 14plus section. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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