Review by velaschopen

I enjoyed the film and the combination of the oneiric subject - with which many viewers will probably at least in part identify - and the realistic way of filming it (e.g. Sometimes using the camera movement that one finds in documentary films).

Much of the story takes place at a school named after Baudelaire; and one is fittingly reminded of the poet's verses both on on sleep and on the sun. There is an internal logic in the dream-like story that defies rational explanation, and some scenes were for me rich in evocation of literary and philosophical themes. There is for example a reference to Andersen's famous tale in one of the several humorous scenes of the film. I was also reminded of Plato's myth of the cave, though the light of the sun seems to have the opposite meaning here than in the philosopher's allegory.

Overall this movie has been a nice discovery for me.