Sweet Dreams

Synopsis

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.

Director

Nanni Moretti

Written by

Nanni Moretti

Music

Franco Piersanti

Studio

Opera Film Produzione

Released

10 September 1981

Genres

Comedy, Drama