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What Dreams May Come, 1998

September 18, 2015 By Professor Elizabeth Coggeshall

What Dreams May ComeVincent Ward’s 1998 film, What Dreams May Come, starring Robin Williams and Annabella Sciorra, explores the after-life. The film’s protagonist, Chris Neilson, finds himself in heaven after death. His wife, Annie, has committed suicide and resides in hell; when Chris sets out to find her, he travels through a representation of the first seven circles of Dante’s Inferno.

Categories: Performing Arts
Tagged with: 1998, Circles of Hell, Films, Heaven, Hell, Inferno, Robin Williams, Suicide

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Coggeshall, Elizabeth, and Arielle Saiber, eds. Dante Today: Citings and Sightings of Dante's Works in Contemporary Culture. Website. Access date.

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