Sweet Dreams

Overview

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.

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

critico

Tatti Sanguineti

aiuto regista

Claudio Spadaro

Claudio

Miranda Campa