Waking Life (2001)

• 101 min

7.5

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

Directed by: Richard Linklater
Casting: Ethan Hawke, Julie Delpy, Wiley Wiggins, Bill Wise, Alex E. Jones, Steven Soderbergh, Ken Webster, Charles Gunning, Lorelei Linklater, Trevor Jack Brooks, Glover Gill, Lara Hicks, Ames Asbell, Leigh Mahoney, Sara Nelson, Jeanine Attaway, Erik Grostick, Robert C. Solomon, Kim Krizan, Eamonn Healy, J.C. Shakespeare, David Sosa, Otto Hofmann, Aklilu Gebrewold, Carol Dawson, Lisa Moore, Steve Fitch, Louis Mackey, Alex Nixon, Kelly Rebecca Nichols, Steven Prince, Mary McBay, Kregg A. Foote, Jason T. Hodge, Guy Forsyth, John Christensen, Caveh Zahedi, David Jewell, Adam Goldberg, Nicky Katt, Jason Liebrecht, Brent Green, RC Whittaker, Hymie Samuelson, David Martinez, Ryan Power, Tiana Hux, Timothy "Speed" Levitch, Steve Brudniak, Marta Banda, Charles Murdock, Mona Lee Fultz, Edith Mannix, Bess Cox, Louis Black, Richard Linklater, Kierstin Cunnington
Countries: United States of America
Premiere: 2001-10-19
Status: Released

Tags: dreams, philosophy, parallel world, existence, adult animation

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.