Watch Let's Dream (2021) online

I really enjoyed this film. It had a dreamlike quality to it both in terms of the story itself and also in the way it was shot, with a very shallow depth of field. It reminded me of recurring themes within my own dreams, symbols of death and rebirth, reminiscent of Cocteau's Orpheus or Jacob's Ladder in some ways. You realize it's an illusory, metaphoric world right off the bat when the protagonist (named Let) informs his date that he hasn't slept since he was 7 years old, and that he keeps trying to return to this cave he remembers from childhood. Through a series of events, he comes to learn that the world as he knows it is ending at the hands of an intergalactic being who is feeding on the planet's consciousness, and that he alone can stop it. Let watches as his world begins to crumble--everyone around him is abruptly drawn into a collective stupor, and suddenly, there's two moons in the sky.

Let begins the proverbial hero's journey to find and confront the being, a decision that draws shadow forces out of the ether in the form of these two thugs who want to stop him. Ultimately, without giving too much away, I think it's about the inward journey, and the process of awakening, told as a kind of fanciful story. It's not for everyone, and those who like their sci-fi more action-oriented and less heady probably aren't going to get it. The rest of us, however, will find it very thought-provoking and enthralling.