Dreams

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Dreams

Feb 2026

1h 38m

Romance

Mystery & Thriller

Drama

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A powerful socialite (Academy Award® winner Jessica Chastain) and a promising ballet dancer (Isaac Hernández) 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).

Critics Consensus

Anchored by intense performances and charged intimacy, Dreams is a chilly yet compelling two-hander whose messy imperfections ultimately deepen its quietly tragic impact.

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Scott Tobias

The Reveal

Mar 10

2/5

Dreams is written in anger, which however righteous it may be, pushes the film down the narrowest lane of inevitability.

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Justin Chang

NPR

Mar 3

After a season of high-minded movies about the redemptive power of art, there's something bracing about Franco's ruthlessly unsentimental view of the ecosystem in which artists and their benefactors operate.

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Brian Tallerico

RogerEbert.com

Feb 27

1.5/4

It is so aggressively affectless that it’s ultimately as forgettable as its title, something you might half-remember after waking up.

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Carlota Mosegui

Cinemanía (Spain)

23h

4/5

But far from falling into prefabricated clichés, the director constructs sophisticated, multifaceted characters who are both victims and perpetrators. [Full review in Spanish]

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John Serba

Decider

6d

Dreams can be a mixed bag, but Franco is too strong a filmmaker to simply brush his work away.

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Lara Kretler

Pop Culture Leftovers

Jun 6

Michel Franco’s Dreams really messed me up… It’s a fairly slow-moving erotic thriller bookended by shocking and horrific scenes. The climax was so jarring and awful to witness that I almost wish I hadn’t watched it to begin with.

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Mr Hollywood

Mar 5

Boring. It’s all so pointless. Everything was just too easy

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Justin

Mar 5

Very dramatic ending, though a bit aimless for first 70 minutes

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Norm V

Mar 4

Sad ending message for the one not in power made the movie very bad.

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Don J

Mar 2

This was a disappointment for me. I'll mention a few positives. Jessica Chastain gave a good performance, looked great and had good and intense chemistry with her male lead Isaac Hernandez. They had some really intense and erotic scenes together. I was also resonating with the opposites attract love story. Then, the final act happened. The movie very ugly, mean, nasty and mean spirited. There is a totally unnecessary scene that kind of made me mad in that final act. They couldn't hit the landing. Ruined what could have been a decent movie.

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Anne

Mar 1

Definitely didnt see that end comin! It was real kickerno pun intended! Thinkin Chastain definitely had the chops for all the sex scenes!

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Remy

Feb 28

Love me some young man old woman romance with some CNC and power dynamic play. Chastain is a certified redhead MILF.

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Isaac Hernández

Fernando Rodríguez

Rupert Friend

Jake McCarthy

Mercedes Hernández

Fernando's Mother

Marshall Bell

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Synopsis

A powerful socialite (Academy Award® winner Jessica Chastain) and a promising ballet dancer (Isaac Hernández) 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).

Director: Michel Franco
Producer: Michel Franco, Alexander Rodnyansky, Eréndira Núñez Larios
Screenwriter: Michel Franco
Distributor: Greenwich Entertainment
Genre: Romance, Mystery & Thriller, Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Feb 27, 2026, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Apr 10, 2026
Runtime: 1h 38m
Aspect Ratio: Digital 2.39:1