''Dragons 3D'' (also known as ''Dragons: Real Myths and Unreal Creatures - 2D/3D'') is a 2013 short 3D film for

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and Giant Screen Theaters. The movie was directed and written by Marc Fafard, and stars

Max von Sydow Max von Sydow ( , ; born Carl Adolf von Sydow; 10 April 1929 – 8 March 2020) was a Swedish-French actor. He had a 70-year career in European and American cinema, television, and theatre, appearing in more than 150 films and several television ...

as a dream therapist trying to help a young woman who has frequent nightmares about dragons. ''Dragons 3D'' is filmed in a docu-fictional approach and utilizes computer-generated imagery to explore the legends and science surrounding dragons from countries such as

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, and the

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. Of the film, Leboeuf commented that she found the cultural differences between the various depictions of dragons interesting, especially as she saw that many anthropologists didn't have a fully satisfactory answer as to their ongoing popularity in modern-day society. Max von Sydow echoed these statements and added that he had been interested in dragons and mythology since childhood, as he learned about various different folklores from his father, who worked as an

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Synopsis

Skye Ingram (

Laurence Leboeuf Laurence Charlotte Leboeuf (born December 13, 1985) is a Canadian actress. Biography Leboeuf was born on December 13, 1985 in Montreal, Quebec. She went to École Notre-Dame-de-Grâce for elementary and later on, she went to Villa Maria for hig ...

) has had frequent nightmares about dragons, to the point where it's interfering with her daily life. Because of this, she decides to seek help from Dr. Alistair Conis (

), an eccentric dream therapist and expert on dragons. As the pair works together to uncover what is triggering Skye's distress, they recount the various stories about dragons and their connections to various facets of human and natural society, such as history, literature, national identity, and art. Their work is eventually discovered by Dr. Vulnet Grazinar (

Serge Houde Serge Houde (born February 16, 1953) is a Canadian film and television character actor. He is best known for his role in Jon Cassar's Emmy-nominated miniseries '' The Kennedys'' playing the notorious Chicago mafia boss Sam Giancana opposite Tom ...

), Dr. Conis' nemesis.

Cast

as Dr. Alistair Conis *

as Skye Ingram *

as Dr. Vulnet Grazinar

Reception

'' La Presse'' gave ''Dragons 3D'' three stars, praising it for its visual aspects while commenting that the film did not work as well on the narrative level, while stating that it was overall a good film with "several spectacular sequences". The ''Metro News'' gave an overall favorable review, stating that it would be a good film for younger viewers. In contrast, ''The Davis Clipper'' gave it one and a half stars, also praising the movie's visuals while criticizing the film for not making more of an effort to tie in the dragons' mythology into their historical context or provide an analysis or sociological framework.

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* * {{IMDb title, 2416512 2013 films IMAX films Dragons in popular culture