Dream Scenario (2023)

Directed by

Kristoffer Borgli

Genre

fantasy film, comedy film, horror film, comedy horror, surrealist film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 40m

Rated

R

Rating

6.7 of 10 from 1,360 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A mild mannered university professor suddenly finds that strangers keep telling him he appears in their dreams. This strange phenomenon turns his ordinary life upside down as he becomes famous and then infamous.

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What happens

Dream Scenario is a 2023 American surreal satirical comedy drama film written, directed, and edited by Kristoffer Borgli. It stars Nicolas Cage as a mild-mannered university professor whose life is thrown into turmoil when people begin telling him that he keeps appearing in their dreams. Julianne Nicholson, Michael Cera, Tim Meadows, Dylan Gelula, and Dylan Baker also star. The film was produced by Ari Aster, Lars Knudsen, Cage, Jacob Jaffke, and Tyler Campellone. Dream Scenario premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival on September 9, 2023, and began a limited theatrical release by A24 on November 10 before expanding on November 22. It grossed $12.4 million at the box office and received positive reviews, being nominated for awards such as a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy for Cage. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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