written and directed by Michel Gondry
. The film stars Gael García Bernal
, Charlotte Gainsbourg
, Miou-Miou
, and Alain Chabat
.
Stéphane Miroux (Gael García Bernal
) is a man whose vivid dream
s and imagination
often interferes with his ability to interact with reality
. He is coaxed back to his childhood home after his divorced father passes away and his mother finds him a job in a calendar printing company in France
. His mother (Miou-Miou
) implies the position is a creative role, and he prepares colourful drawings, each showing a disaster, for his "disasterology" calendar.
I am your neighbor and a liar. By the way, do you have Zoe's number?
Tonight I'll show you how dreams are prepared,............. love, friendships, relationships. All those ships.
Would you marry me when we are seventy? You have nothing to lose.
I like your boobs. I think they're very friendly and unpretentious.
Are you trying to mock me on the air?
I like it when you cry, because it means you have to wear your glasses. No, actually I don't like it when you cry. I find it horrible. Especially when it's not for me.
I love her because she makes things. You know? She makes things with her hands. It's as if her synapses was married directly to her fingers. [wiggles fingers] Like this. In this way.
This girl is at once all the women that broke my heart. She is so beautiful and generous and she is asking me to leave because she is dumping me. She is dumping me because I am a cheap drug dealer. And I am a drug dealer because she wants to leave me.
I am collecting beautiful objects. A pair of shoes. Some glasses. Telephone. Typewriter. They are made from wood and felt. With apparent stitches. Their delicate and finished appearance is friendly. And they are quiet.