# Waking Life (2001)

**Genres:** Animation, Drama, Fantasy

**Duration:** 100 min

**Age rating:** FSK 12

**IMDb:** [7.6](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0243017/)

**Letterboxd:** [3.9](https://letterboxd.com/film/waking-life/)

**Rotten Tomatoes:** [Tomatometer: 81%, Popcornmeter: 87%](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/waking_life)

## Description

A man shuffles through a dream meeting various people and discussing the meanings and purposes of the universe.

## Details

**Premiere:** 07 Nov 2026 (in 14 days)

**Director:** Richard Linklater

**Cast:** Trevor Jack Brooks, Lorelei Linklater, Wiley Wiggins, Glover Gill, Lara Hicks, Ames Asbell, Leigh Mahoney, Sara Nelson, Jeanine Attaway, Erik Grostic, Bill Wise, Robert C. Solomon

**Countries:** United States

**Languages:** English

**Available versions:** OV

**Open-air showtimes:** No

**Trailer:** [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=edrGozs6W_I)

## Showtimes in Hamburg in original language (OV, OmU, OmeU)

### 2026-11-07 (Saturday)

- **[Metropolis Kino](https://hamburg.ov-berlin.info/cinemas/163-metropolis-kino.md) (Mitte):** [2026-11-07 20:45](https://www.kinoheld.de/kino/hamburg/metropolis-kino/vorstellung/3668366046)  (OV)