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Synopsis
A powerful socialite (Academy Award winner Jessica Chastain) and a promising ballet dancer (Isaac Hernandez) begin a dangerous affair. When he secretly crosses the US-Mexico border, she takes desperate measures to protect their future together. A tense, erotic drama from acclaimed director Michel Franco (Memory, New Order).
Cast
- Isaac Hernández
- Eduardo Gonzalez
- Hugo Costa Ramos
- Julio Bernal
- René Martínez
- Nadia Chiney
- Jessica Chastain
- Rupert Friend
- Marshall Bell
- Nadia Flamenco
Moviegoers are saying
Michel Franco's latest polarizes audiences with its unflinching examination of class, gender, and power dynamics wrapped in a deceptively linear love story. While some praise the film's methodical build-up to a devastating gut-punch finale, many viewers find themselves questioning whether they're witnessing authentic social commentary or falling victim to the very prejudices the film claims to deconstruct.
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- Feb 16, 2025
personal desire vs social realities, power dynamics of class vs gender. Michel Franco stages a linear tale of alleged love - romanticism though will never overpower the possibility for violence mankind is inflicting on each other. lust as the result of pure projection - but…
shookoneFeb 14, 2025Thought this would be a powerful story on migration and ambition. In the beginning it felt like it tried to deconstruct prejudices on class and gender but to me it did quite the contrary and left me with an odd aftertaste.
RueJun 7, 2025Jessica Chastain saw the wardrobe that she’d get to wear and immediately said “YES”. Absolutely gagged by those outfits, gorgeous, the movie around the outfits? Meh, it’s ok.
B E R T - Dec 20, 2025
Dear Santa keep Michel Franco as far away from Jessica Chastain as humanly possible please and thank you
BrianFeb 15, 2025"Dreams is incredibly political because of what’s happening right now in the United States", says Jessica Chastain about a rather stupid film in which she gets her Mexican boyfriend deported in order to control him better, while wearing one killer dress after the other.
dirtylaundriSep 16, 2025jessica chastained her filmography with this one
joj66 - Feb 15, 2025
half of this movie was just jessica chastain in a car for no reason
joelleFeb 16, 2025was that based on a… fanfiction?
mr. babyFeb 19, 2025This film was so bad I fell down the stairs at the end of the screening.
Sammy M'Barek
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- Eye Cinc likedDreams
A movie that takes its time, very interesting, sexy, intense, and frustrating.... VERY FRUSTRATING.
Karanveer Singh likedDreamsDec 22 2025
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Metacritic
Mar 3, 2026
It is quite a vision: mordant, satirical, brutal.
Peter Bradshaw
The Guardian
Mar 3, 2026
Franco provides a platform for his two leads, Jessica Chastain and Isaac Hernández, to give blisteringly intense performances. But the film would surely have benefitted from a little more nuance and delicacy.
Geoffrey Macnab
The Independent
Feb 24, 2026
It’s a sneaky little movie about what people are really like, and it’s impressive.
Mick LaSalle
San Francisco Chronicle
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