Interview With "Dreams" Stars Jessica Chastain, Isaác Hernández & Filmmaker Michel Franco

The Next Best Picture Podcast

Tv & Film

4.2 • 542 Ratings

🗓️ 27 February 2026

⏱️ 14 minutes

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Summary

"Dreams" is a drama film produced, written, and directed by Michel Franco. It follows the secret affair of wealthy socialite Jennifer (Jessica Chastain) with Mexican ballet dancer and undocumented immigrant Fernando (Isaac Hernández). The supporting cast includes Rupert Friend, Marshall Bell, Eligio Meléndez, and Mercedes Hernández. The film had its world premiere in the main competition of the 75th Berlin International Film Festival, where it was nominated for the Golden Bear. Franco, Chastain and Hernández were all kind enough to spend some time speaking with us about their experience and work on the film, which you can listen to below. Please be sure to check out the film, which is now playing in theaters from Greenwich Entertainment. Thank you, and enjoy! Check out more on NextBestPicture.com Please subscribe on... Apple Podcasts - https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/negs-best-film-podcast/id1087678387?mt=2 Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/7IMIzpYehTqeUa1d9EC4jT YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCWA7KiotcWmHiYYy6wJqwOw And be sure to help support us on Patreon for as little as $1 a month at https://www.patreon.com/NextBestPicture and listen to this podcast ad-free Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	You are listening to The Next Best Picture Podcast, and this is my interview with the director and writer for the film Dreams, Michelle Franco, and the film stars Jessica Castain and Isaac Hernandez.
0:11.2	Thank you.
0:12.4	I want to thank my beautiful daughter, Jennifer.
0:15.2	Thank you.
0:15.8	The soldiered by my side and helped make this foundation work the way it should.
0:21.4	I saw you outside of you were talking to a dancer on the street.
0:24.9	He is so talented.
0:26.6	He's from Mexico.
0:27.6	Maybe you could help him.
0:28.7	I'll see if the foundation can help.
0:30.6	Everyone, this is Fernando.
0:32.3	He's the dance teacher here.
0:33.6	There's no thing about Mexicans.
0:35.5	I'm just saying we should be funding Americans.
0:38.7	Hi. It's me. Hello, everyone. Welcome to the next best picture podcast where I'd be
0:43.6	joined right now by the director and writer of the film, Dreams, Michelle Franco, and the stars of the film,
0:49.1	Jessica Chastain and Isaac Hernandez. Everyone, thank you so much for being here. Thank you.
0:54.3	Thank you so much.
0:55.6	It's wonderful to see familiar faces and a new face here in Isaac.
1:01.6	I want to start off by asking, first of all, Mr. Franco, when you present this screenplay
1:07.8	and you bring Jessica back on after working with her on memory.
1:11.6	I'm curious to know if there's any input then from the two actors involved here in shaping these characters in this dynamic or was everything as is on the page?
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