'The Dreamers' is about a young American student who comes to Paris in 1968. Obsessed with film, he becomes involved with two fellow cineastes. Cocooned in their apartment, the three of them push themselves further until the violence in the streets invades their lives with violent consequences.

Gilbert Adair has published novels, essays, translations, children's books and poetry. He has also written screenplays, including The Dreamers from his own novel for Bernardo Bertolucci.