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Sweet Dreams(1981)
Status: Released
Date: 1981-09-10
71%
96 Votes
Time: 1h 40m
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.
Languages: German, Italian.
Countries:
Italy
ProductionCompanies: 
Opera Film Produzione
Movie: Sweet Dreams
Top 10 Billed Cast
Nanni Moretti
Michele Apicella
Nicola Di Pinto
Nicola
Laura Morante
Silvia
Alessandro Haber
Gaetano
Remo Remotti
Freud
Piera Degli Esposti
Madre di Michele
Gigio Morra
Gigio Cimino
Giampiero Mughini
Presentatore TV
Dario Cantarelli
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Tatti Sanguineti
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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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1981-09-10
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7.1
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