Sweet Dreams
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Michele is a young filmmaker frustrated by the lack of understanding his work receives and at odds with the film industry, especially a colleague making a musical on the '68 student protests. As he struggles to complete his own film about Freud's mother, Michele's insecurity and creative block manifest in a series of unsettling nightmares. Nanni Moretti's self-inquiry into cinema, political ennui, and men's relationships with their mothers.
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Cast
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Nanni Moretti
Michele Apicella
Known for
The Son's Room
A Brighter Tomorrow
Nicola Di Pinto
Nicola
Known for
Cinema Paradiso
A Pure Formality
Laura Morante
Silvia
Known for
The Son's Room
Bianca
Alessandro Haber
Gaetano
Known for
Suddenly Heaven
Dearest Relatives, Poisonous Relations
Remo Remotti
Freud
Known for
Bianca
Letters to Juliet
Piera Degli Esposti
Madre di Michele
Known for
Il Divo
The Unknown Woman
Gigio Morra
Gigio Cimino
Known for
Gomorrah
Ciao, Professore!
Giampiero Mughini
Presentatore TV
Known for
Ecce Bombo
Dario Cantarelli
critico
Known for
The Invisible Boy: Second Generation
Loro 1
Tatti Sanguineti
aiuto regista
Known for
Aspirante vedovo
The Caiman
Claudio Spadaro
Claudio
Known for
Romanzo Criminale: The Series
The Pool Hustlers
Miranda Campa
Known for
The Return of Don Camillo
The Overtaxed
Nanni Moretti Director · Franco Piersanti Composer Franco Di Giacomo Cinematographer
First release September 6, 1981 · Produced in Italy · Languages German, Italian
Production
Opera Film Produzione
Production
RAI
Production
Italy
Produced in
Languages
Original title
Sogni d'oro
Original language
Italian
Spoken on screen
German · Italian
Release dates
Italy · September 6, 1981
Premiere · Venice Film Festival
Italy · September 10, 1981
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
Argentina
April 7, 1999 · Premiere · Buenos Aires International Festival of Independent Cinema
France
April 3, 1991 · Theatrical
Germany
November 10, 1991 · TV
February 18, 2023 · Premiere · Berlin International Film Festival
Greece
November 1, 1995 · Premiere · Thessaloniki International Film Festival
Poland
July 23, 2016 · Premiere · New Horizons Film Festival
Portugal
January 24, 1986 · Theatrical
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