DREAMS Trailer: Jessica Chastain Enters a Complex Affair in Michel Franco’s Erotic Drama

After working together back in 2023 on the heavy, yet tender drama Memory, writer-director Michel Franco and star Jessica Chastain are back with an erotic drama that spans both sides of the US-Mexico border. Dreams, Franco’s ninth feature, stars Chastain as a wealthy San Francisco arts patron who falls dangerously for a rising ballet dancer from Mexico (real-life ballet dancer Isaac Hernández). Their affair gets all-consuming to the point where he crosses the border into the U.S. illegally through dire circumstances to get to her. The film also stars Rupert Friend, Marshall Bell, Eligio Meléndez, and Mercedes Hernández.

Franco shot the film during the 2023 SAG-AFTRA Strike thanks to an interim waiver, and had its world premiere at the 2025 Berlin International Film Festival. Ahead of its February 27 release in theaters, Greenwich Entertainment has released the first official trailer for the critically acclaimed drama.

As the official synopsis reads:

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).

See the trailer and poster below.

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