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Dreams

  • 2025
  • Not Rated
  • 1h 35m
IMDb RATING
6.2/10
668
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POPULARITY
2,622
1,249
Jessica Chastain in Dreams (2025)
SpanishDramaRomance

Romance blossoms between a wealthy socialite and a Mexican ballet dancer, intertwining their contrasting lives and cultures.Romance blossoms between a wealthy socialite and a Mexican ballet dancer, intertwining their contrasting lives and cultures.Romance blossoms between a wealthy socialite and a Mexican ballet dancer, intertwining their contrasting lives and cultures.

  • Director
    • Michel Franco
  • Writer
    • Michel Franco
  • Stars
    • Isaac Hernández
    • Eduardo Gonzalez
    • Hugo Costa Ramos
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • IMDb RATING
    6.2/10
    668
    YOUR RATING
    POPULARITY
    2,622
    1,249
    • Director
      • Michel Franco
    • Writer
      • Michel Franco
    • Stars
      • Isaac Hernández
      • Eduardo Gonzalez
      • Hugo Costa Ramos
    • 6User reviews
    • 30Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 4 nominations total

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    Isaac Hernández
    Isaac Hernández
    • Fernando Rodríguez
    Eduardo Gonzalez
    • Border Raider
    Hugo Costa Ramos
    Hugo Costa Ramos
    • Border Raider
    Julio Bernal
    • Border Raider
    René Martínez
    • Border Raider
    Nadia Chiney
    • Waitress
    Jessica Chastain
    Jessica Chastain
    • Jennifer McCarthy
    Rupert Friend
    Rupert Friend
    • Jake McCarthy
    Marshall Bell
    Marshall Bell
    • Michael McCarthy
    Nadia Flamenco
    Nadia Flamenco
    • Office Cleaning Employee
    Ali Kiley
    • Jennifer's Assistant
    Areyla Faeron
    • Architect
    Rafael Jiménez
    • Jennifer's Driver
    Mercedes Hernández
    Mercedes Hernández
    • Fernando's Mother
    Eligio Meléndez
    • Fernando's Father
    Ana Echeverría
    • Ballet Student
    Azarel Govea
    • Ballet Student
    Brenda Alardín
    • Ballet Student
    • Director
      • Michel Franco
    • Writer
      • Michel Franco
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    5oNerdcall

    It attempts to introduce provocation and power play, but ends up creating a narrative distance.

    Dreams is a film with strong ideas and hesitant execution. Franco is right to address the contradictions of migration and point out the cynicism of the "American dream," but he stumbles when trying to turn this into human drama. His dry editing, designed to create rhythm and tension, ends up creating distance and coldness. The provocation he so eagerly seeks is diluted in a film that always seems on the verge of something greater - but never quite gets there.

    It is curious how Michel Franco, a director who built his career on uncomfortable, auteur films, seems stuck in his own formula here. Dreams has the same harsh gaze and courage as always, but lacks balance between form and emotion. The result is a film that provokes more by its promise than by its delivery.

    Franco remains a filmmaker faithful to his style - and perhaps for that very reason, he remains an artist who, for many, divides more than he unites.
    9anidamumic

    Tough and unexpected

    This film explores the perilous intersection of ambition, love, and power. At its core, it tells the story of Fernando, a young ballet dancer from Mexico whose dreams of international recognition collide with the carefully controlled life of Jennifer, a wealthy socialite. What begins as hope and devotion quickly spirals into a devastating exploration of what happens when someone plays with another person's dreams.

    The narrative is rich with themes of social injustice and imbalance of power. Fernando's innocence and vulnerability clash against Jennifer's calculated control, exposing how devastating it can be when ambition is manipulated by those who hold privilege. From the very beginning, you sense the story can only end in tragedy, yet the uncertainty of how it will unravel keeps you gripped.

    Jennifer's character is perhaps the most haunting-an accomplished woman, outwardly devoted to her career and philanthropy, yet trapped in loneliness, eating dinners alone, craving youth and vitality through a relationship that was never meant to be equal. Her desperation to maintain control over both her public image and private life turns the story into something deeply unsettling.

    It's complex, layered, and relentlessly tense-an unflinching portrait of innocence consumed by power, and of a woman so committed to her own survival that she loses sight of humanity.
    9vera-dov

    Complex and daring

    This is not a story about "good immigrants" and "bad white people" as some critics claim.

    It's about the collapse of moral clarity. There are no pure victims or villains here. Just people making devastating choices. It's uncomfortable, complex and challenging.

    About the casting. When asked if he was afraid to put Jessica Chastain, a world-famous actress next to Isaac Hernández, a ballet star with zero acting experience, Michel Franco said: "I believed he could do it and was willing to take a risk...".. and added "in the end it's just a movie." He doesn't play it safe, not in casting, not in storytelling, not in tone.
    2Hena-45

    Disappointing

    Cheap erotic scenes and poorly constructed story line. Hard to watch really. Contains already seen societal dynamic plot and poor acting, where you can't pick a single role that makes you feel something deeper and special. Just forced erotic movie, where you could just google for something similar on adult pages and even that would be more artistic and creative.
    6Poldi_Berlin

    A missed opportunity

    Despite the ambitious and arthouse like plot, the movie is not developing it in a convincing way. The often discussed power difference are clearly played and we see icy and emotional scenes. There are many why or why not questions that remain. However, this is not creating any longing for answers. All remaining a limited and missed opportunity for a deeper piece on the hypocritical and paradox world of neo-liberal philanthropy in the US. Indeed, it is a timely given the new US administration. Jessica Chastain described the movie as dark and strong. The applause was friendly and warm. We we're entertained but not speechless.

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    • Release date
      • September 11, 2025 (Mexico)
    • Countries of origin
      • Mexico
      • United States
    • Official site
      • Sitio Oficial Latinoamérica
    • Languages
      • Spanish
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Dos Lados
    • Filming locations
      • San Francisco, California, USA
    • Production companies
      • AR Content
      • Eastern Film
      • Freckle Films
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    • Runtime
      • 1h 35m(95 min)
    • Color
      • Color
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.39 : 1

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