Dreams From Strangers

There is a beautiful poetry to this film, but it has a rather thin plot: boy meets boy, falls in love, can't be with him because he lives in Italy and the other lives in Russia where they hate gay people. I wish the film had been more about the Russian character trying to find a way to be free or to be happy despite the roadblocks of the Russian government. There was a big story there and it wasn't explored. There are only a handful of scenes that depict the relationship and they are sweet, but most of the film is filler: pretty scenery takes of a good portion of the film and for some reason an awful lot of silent film footage that is supposed to mirror the relationship is inserted, but doesn't add anything to the experience. The two actors are cute together, so it left me wanting a lot more and it is surprising what a lost opportunity this film turns out to be.

I saw this movie when it was first released and loved it. Then I was surprised by all the negative reviews I read, until I saw this film. The film I saw was much longer and contained so many scenes not shown in this movie. No wonder people didn't like it. I don't like this short version. I wonder what happened to the original full length film???

This is one of those movies I think you are either going to love or hate. Unfortunately, I didn't like it...way too artsy for my taste. I tried to keep an open mind, but the beginning sequence of of the drive along a long windy road, while it was beautiful...it was boring..same with the old movie flashbacks. I will say that was nicer than the usually tea kettle whistling or the train horn blowing that so many other writer/directors use to fill space that due to lack of dialogue. Felt like a college film project to me.If you like more "artsy" type films, you may love this...if not, you may want to skip it.

The filmmaker has attempted to infuse his love story with poetic and philosophical language, but the film fails to engage, despite two beautiful young actors. One line from the film--"Respect comes from the brain, hate [comes] from the heart"--will remain with me, but, sadly, the director does not have a story to tell. I applaud the intent behind cinema such as "Dreams From Strangers," and I continue to appreciate Amazon's streaming options.

I get frustrated when there is so much filler in a movie. This movie was only 69 minutes on Amazon, and it could have just been a short 15 minute film. What I mean by filler is the silent movie clips, way too long. Even some of the scenes with no dialogue but lots of supposed comtemplation. The scene of him running at the end, really? That didn't need to be that long. I gave it 1 stars simply for the Italian eye candy, lol. I wish Amazon's FF worked better, lol

it could have been a dull, short film. instead it was 75 minutes of yawning. to the library with it !

I enjoyed this film very much.Like any great short story, it has an amazing end.A little too much of the vintage films.

we don't all have the strength to fight against homophobia or leave our home town for greener pastures.

Di questo film esistono tantissime versioni, tutte tagliate, nessuna con la traccia audio in italiano. Il tema trattato è scomodo, ma è difficile capire bene il film essendo non integro. Non sò esprimere un giudizio corretto, sicuramente non ci troviamo di fronte ad un capolavoro.

Kein guter Film vorallem die bild Qualität ist ziemlich mies... das einzig gute ist der italienische Schauspieler der sehr gut aussieht, deshalb drei Sterne...

Thank you very much. Danke. Merci . Well received, in very good shape easily pickted at the post office, after work.