Sweet Dreams

Sweet Dreams

100 mins | Drama, Comedy | Sept. 10, 1981

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.

Sweet Dreams

100 mins | Drama, Comedy | Sept. 10, 1981

Sweet Dreams

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.

IMDb rating	6.9
Producers	Opera Film Produzione, RAI
Original title	Sogni d'oro
Directors	Eleonora Pallottini, Nanni Moretti, Inigo Lezzi
Writers	Nanni Moretti

Cast

Nanni Moretti

as Michele Apicella

Nicola Di Pinto

as Nicola

Laura Morante

as Silvia

Alessandro Haber

as Gaetano

Remo Remotti

as Freud

Piera Degli Esposti

as Madre di Michele

Gigio Morra

as Gigio Cimino

Giampiero Mughini

as Presentatore TV

Dario Cantarelli

as critico

Tatti Sanguineti

as aiuto regista

Claudio Spadaro

as Claudio

Miranda Campa

as

Chiara Moretti

as

Sabina Vannucchi

as

Mario Garriba

as

Giovanna De Luca

as

Sara Di Nepi

as

Livio Galassi

as

Cristina Manni

as

Massimo Milazzo

as

Adriana Pecorelli

as

Oreste Rotundo

as

Vincenzo Salemme

as

Mario Monaci Toschi

as

Maria D'Incoronato

as Secretary (uncredited)