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Tight 4-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
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It Was Only a Dream
"Too much dreaming, leads to nightmares."
2004 0h 4m FR
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6.0
MID
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7
IMDB
★6.0TMDB · 1★7IMDB · 35
HorrorComedy
Synopsis
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A man wakes up from a bad dream only to realize he is in yet another nightmare. The most worrying thing is that it does not seem to stop. If only these dreams could stop... getting shorter and shorter!
“Too much dreaming, leads to nightmares.”
Cast
Anaïs Favron
Patrick Péris
Antoine Vézina
Credits
Behind the camera
- Director
- Eric Gravel
- Writers
- Eric Gravel
- Languages
- French
- Countries
- Canada
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Cinephile deep dive
The take
Eric Gravel directs. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in Canada. Dialogue in French.
Trivia
Things worth knowing
- 1Tight 4-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
- 2Released 22 years ago.
- 3Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
- 4Anaïs Favron and Patrick Péris and Antoine Vézina carry the top of the cast.
- 5Marketing tagline: "Too much dreaming, leads to nightmares.".
- 6IMDB entry: tt0839758 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
- 7Only 1 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.
The technical file
- Runtime
- 4 min · 0h 4m
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- FR
- IMDB rating
- 7/10 · 35 votes
Also by
Eric Gravel
Production companies
Who made it
- KU
Kut Effet
Key crew
- MusicJames Duhamel
- MusicSylvain Pohu
- CinematographyNajat Jellab
- ProducerEric Gravel
Themes & keywords
What it's about, really
- short film
Release history · US
When it landed
- Premiere2004-07-01· Montreal Just For Laughs Festival
