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Sweet Dreams
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Title: Sweet Dreams

Release Date: 10 Sep 1981

Runtime: 1h 45m

Genre: Comedy, Drama

Director: Opera Film Produzione, RAI

Production Companies: Opera Film Produzione, RAI

Overview: Michele criticizes the film industry and its inhabitants, and is particularly embattled with a Neapolitan director making a musical about the 1968 student demonstrations. At the same time, Michele has a creative block and struggles to finish his film titled "Freud’s Mother." Nanni Moretti’s self-inquiry into filmmaking, political ennui, and men’s relations with their mothers.

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Average Vote: 7.1 (93 votes)

Cast

  • Michele Apicella: Nanni Moretti
  • Nicola: Nicola Di Pinto
  • Silvia: Laura Morante
  • Gaetano: Alessandro Haber
  • Freud: Remo Remotti
  • Madre di Michele: Piera Degli Esposti
  • Gigio Cimino: Gigio Morra
  • Presentatore TV: Giampiero Mughini
  • critico: Dario Cantarelli
  • aiuto regista: Tatti Sanguineti
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