Life Could Be a Dream

Life Could Be a Dream (2026)

Sarah, 40, and her teenage son Otis flee toward freedom, confronting threats and Sarah's beliefs about rescue. In a mansion she's selling, she envisions a new future. A mother models strength while learning to let go and begin again.

Date of release
2026-05-14
TMDB
6.0 / 10 (2)
Runtime
1h 22m
Genres
Drama
Director
Jasmin Tarasin

Casting

Interesting facts

Life Could Be a Dream is an Australian drama film directed by Jasmin Tarasin, with a screenplay by Courtney Collins. Starring Maeve Dermody and Alexander England, the film's storyline is centred around coercive control.

Production

The screenplay of the film was written by author Courtney Collins, while it is directed by Jasmin Lee Tarasin, in her feature film directorial debut. Tarasin is known for her ABC TV documentary Utopia Girls, which was a finalist at the 2012 AACTA Awards and the NSW Premier's History Awards.

Meg White, an Australian cinematographer base in the US, was responsible for filming. The casting director was Anousha Zarkesh.

Life Could Be a Dream was produced by Tarasin, and co-produced by Clare Lewis and Catherine Church through GoodChat, along with Pure Pictures, and supported by the Minderoo and Snow Foundations.

The score was created by Australian composer and musician Dan Luscombe, along with original tracks by Polish pianist Hania Rani and Australian musical duo Time for Dreams, consisting of Tom Carlyon and Amanda Roff.

The house used for Jake and Sarah's family home was that of Carla Zampatti, a friend of the director. She said that the extensive glass in the house acted as a metaphor, as a glass cage for Sarah. Sonny McGee, who plays Otis, is Tarasin's real-life son.

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