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      Surviving Life (Theory and Practice)

      2010 1h 45m Comedy Fantasy List
      92% Tomatometer 12 Reviews 80% Audience Score 250+ Ratings Unhappy with his life, a middle-aged man commits adultery with a woman who exists only in his dreams. Read More Read Less

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      Nigel Andrews Financial Times A hit-the-ground-dead Freudian romp about an office worker's dream life. Rated: 2/5 Dec 8, 2011 Full Review Peter Bradshaw Guardian The film interestingly and subversively takes its stand on the idea that dreams are the real thing; waking life is an exotic, strange tissue of unreal diversions. Rated: 3/5 Dec 1, 2011 Full Review Paul Weedon Little White Lies One of the most imaginative and visually arresting films of the year. Essential viewing. Rated: 4/5 Dec 1, 2011 Full Review Ard Vijn ScreenAnarchy Weird without being alienating, educated without being haughty and heartfelt without being (too) sentimental, "Surviving Life" is a psychoanalytically guided tour through the dreams of a distressed individual. Jan 15, 2020 Full Review Daniel Gumble CineVue A psychoanalytical masterpiece. Rated: 5/5 Dec 6, 2018 Full Review Isabel Stevens ViewLondon While the film may lack money, it's by no means short on imagination. Rated: 4/5 Aug 27, 2018 Full Review Read all reviews

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      Audience Member Our dreams are a second life Rated 4 out of 5 stars 01/27/23 Full Review Audience Member The plot might not interest everybody, but the oddball animation is rather amusing to watch. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 01/12/23 Full Review Audience Member Interesting premise on dreaming when all said and done, but a really hard style to get into. Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 02/06/23 Full Review Audience Member Dreams are absurd, but so is all that equally messy stuff that happens when we're awake. Svankmajer conflates both states into a circular Freudian / Jungian psychoanalysis of the unconscious that brings these two lunatic worlds into one. And maybe, in the end, our unconscious is more important: it defines what we are and how we live our lives. "Only the fusion of dreams and reality can make up a complete human life." Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/07/23 Full Review Audience Member Um romance extra conjugal que só acontece nos sonhos faz um homem buscar dentro de si sua verdadeira identidade. A linguagem de stop motion e montagem é perfeita para discutir psicanálise de uma forma divertida. Cenas surreais alternam com uma trama super bem armada de desfecho imprevisivelmente lógico! Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 01/15/23 Full Review Audience Member PIFF The master, resting on his laurels, gives us a bloated piece of self-important bullshit. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 01/31/23 Full Review Read all reviews Post a rating

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      Movie Info

      Synopsis Unhappy with his life, a middle-aged man commits adultery with a woman who exists only in his dreams.
      Director
      Jan Svankmajer
      Screenwriter
      Jan Svankmajer
      Production Co
      Athanor, Independent Cinema Office, C-Ga Film
      Genre
      Comedy, Fantasy
      Original Language
      Czech
      Runtime
      1h 45m