Sweet Dreams

Sweet Dreams

1981 · 100 min · ★ 7.1 · Comedy, Drama

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.

Directed by Nanni Moretti · Written by Nanni Moretti

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