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Sweet Dreams
Sweet Dreams

Sweet Dreams

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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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Budget

$--

Revenue

$--

Status

Released

Original Language

Italian

Runtime

100 mins

Rating

7.1/10

Release Date

10 September 1981

Country

Italy

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

aiuto regista

Claudio Spadaro

Claudio Spadaro

Claudio

Miranda Campa

Miranda Campa

Chiara Moretti

Chiara Moretti

Sabina Vannucchi

Sabina Vannucchi

Mario Garriba

Mario Garriba

Giovanna De Luca

Giovanna De Luca

Sara Di Nepi

Sara Di Nepi

Livio Galassi

Livio Galassi

Cristina Manni

Cristina Manni

Massimo Milazzo

Massimo Milazzo

Adriana Pecorelli

Adriana Pecorelli

Oreste Rotundo

Oreste Rotundo

Vincenzo Salemme

Vincenzo Salemme

Mario Monaci Toschi

Mario Monaci Toschi

Maria D'Incoronato

Maria D'Incoronato

Secretary (uncredited)

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