Life Is Dream

November. 01,2020

Rating：

8.6

Genre：

Documentary

Keywords：

Family Family History Generations Conflict

Trailer Synopsis Cast

At the end of the 1960s, Vanesa’s parents fled the Franco-regime’s deep poverty to pursue their dream in the Netherlands. Working their blue-collar jobs for hours and hours, for over 45 years, their purpose was to return to Spain wealthy and comfortable. There, in a house full of Dutch porcelain and shiny gold, they can now finally rest. Vanesa was raised as Dutch, but still feels trapped in their expectant illusion, even with the distance between them. Torn between two homes, she starts to re-examine her past.

Similar titles

Memory Books

In Uganda, AIDS-infected mothers have begun writing what they call Memory Books for their children. Aware of the illness, it is a way for the family to come to terms with the inevitable death that it faces. Hopelessness and desperation are confronted through the collaborative effort of remembering and recording, a process that inspires unexpected strength and even solace in the face of death.

See Detail

Memory Books 2008

Milestone No. 2

A documentary showcasing a family as they pack up their home of twelve years and begin looking towards the future.

See Detail

Milestone No. 2 2020

Starz

Bears

Filmmakers Alastair Fothergill and Keith Scholey chronicle a year in the lives of an Alaskan brown bear named Sky and her cubs, Scout and Amber. Their saga begins as the bears emerge from hibernation at the end of winter. As time passes, the bear family must work together to find food and stay safe from other predators, especially other bears. Although their world is exciting, it is also risky, and the cubs' survival hinges on family togetherness.

Watch on

Bears 2014

André's Eyes

André's Eyes is an experimental docudrama in which the actual family members themselves participate in the recreation of their own story. Set in a small village in the Portuguese countryside, the film follows the struggle of a divorced father to keep his family together after his youngest son is taken away from them and placed in a foster family.

See Detail

André's Eyes 2015

Back To Africa

See Detail

Back To Africa 2008

Reviews

Matialth

2020/11/01

Good concept, poorly executed.

... more

Voxitype

2020/11/02

Good films always raise compelling questions, whether the format is fiction or documentary fact.

... more

Brainsbell

2020/11/03

The story-telling is good with flashbacks.The film is both funny and heartbreaking. You smile in a scene and get a soulcrushing revelation in the next.

... more

Dana

2020/11/04

An old-fashioned movie made with new-fashioned finesse.

... more