The protagonist feels dead in waking life and alive in dreams.
Eric Leiser
Dogville
2003
Wild Strawberries
1957
Un Chien Andalou
1929
The Wizard of Oz
1939
Belle de Jour
1967
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
2004
Billy Elliot
2000
Wings of Desire
1987
Vampyr
1932
Persona
1966
The City of Lost Children
1995
Last Days in a Lonely Place
2007
Star David
2016
Caged Heat
1974
Joker
2019
Still Breathing
1997
Man Down
2015
REM
Honey
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