Waking Life

Name: Waking Life
Director: Richard Linklater
Genre: Animation, Drama, Fantasy
Released: 2001

Richard Linklater • 101 min • 2001

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“Dreams. What are they? An escape from reality or reality itself?”

Ethan Hawke, Julie Delpy, Wiley Wiggins, Bill Wise, Alex E. Jones, Steven Soderbergh

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Synopsis

Waking Life is about a young man in a persistent lucid dream-like state. The film follows its protagonist as he initially observes and later participates in philosophical discussions that weave together issues like reality, free will, our relationships with others, and the meaning of life.