Sweet Dreams

Top 10 Billed Cast

Nanni Moretti
Nanni Moretti

Michele Apicella

Nicola Di Pinto
Nicola Di Pinto

Nicola

Laura Morante
Laura Morante

Silvia

Alessandro Haber
Alessandro Haber

Gaetano

Remo Remotti
Remo Remotti

Freud

Piera Degli Esposti
Piera Degli Esposti

Madre di Michele

Gigio Morra
Gigio Morra

Gigio Cimino

Giampiero Mughini
Giampiero Mughini

Presentatore TV

Dario Cantarelli
Dario Cantarelli

critico

Tatti Sanguineti
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.

  • Release Date

    1981-09-10

  • Average

    7.1

  • Rating:

    3.5 starts
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    DeutschItaliano
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