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Sweet Dreams

Original title: Sogni d'oro
  • 19811981
  • 1h 45m
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6.9/10
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Sweet Dreams (1981)
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  • Drama
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  • Director
    • Nanni Moretti
  • Writer
    • Nanni Moretti
  • Stars
    • Nanni Moretti
    • Dario Cantarelli
    • Nicola Di Pinto
  • Director
    • Nanni Moretti
  • Writer
    • Nanni Moretti
  • Stars
    • Nanni Moretti
    • Dario Cantarelli
    • Nicola Di Pinto
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    • 3User reviews
    • 4Critic reviews
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    • Awards
      • 1 win & 3 nominations

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    Nicola Di Pinto, Nanni Moretti, and Claudio Spadaro in Sweet Dreams (1981)
    Sweet Dreams (1981)
    Sweet Dreams (1981)
    Nanni Moretti in Sweet Dreams (1981)

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    Nanni Moretti
    Nanni Moretti
    • Michele Apicella
    Dario Cantarelli
    • Critic
    Nicola Di Pinto
    Nicola Di Pinto
    • Nicola
    Alessandro Haber
    Alessandro Haber
    • Gaetano
    Laura Morante
    Laura Morante
    • Silvia
    Gigio Morra
    • Gigio Cimino
    Giampiero Mughini
    • TV Host
    Remo Remotti
    • Sigmund Freud
    Tatti Sanguineti
    Tatti Sanguineti
    • Assistant Director
    Claudio Spadaro
    Claudio Spadaro
    • Claudio
    Miranda Campa
    • Freud's Mother
    Chiara Moretti
    • TV Host
    Sabina Vannucchi
    • Freud's Daugther
    Piera Degli Esposti
    Piera Degli Esposti
    • Michele's Mother
    Giovanna De Luca
    Sara Di Nepi
    • Trevisan Housewife
    • (as Shara Di Nepi)
    Livio Galassi
    Mario Garriba
    • Camera Operator
    • Director
      • Nanni Moretti
    • Writer
      • Nanni Moretti
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    • Trivia
      First movie of Nanni Moretti's to be shot on 35mm film.
    • Connections
      References The Shining (1980)

    User reviews3

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    Top review
    Artistic or arty?
    A "modern" director is planning a movie about Freud and his mother relationship.His precedent effort about youth met mixed critical reception and some of his detractors claim that a farmer,a housewife and a shepherd could not relate to this heady intellectual stuff and the his cerebral cinema is irrelevant :the producers want dough ,and the only way to get dough is to make commercial palatable movies which can appeal to the masses.The director has got a rival who claims to be on her side ,but the "artist" wants to be unique and he does not want any emulator .

    An interesting short scene deals with a Don Siegel movie,a nerd claiming it's full of clichés whereas another one says that he (Siegel) makes a brilliant use of clichés.It is a lesson all critics (professionals or IMDb amateurs such as I )should pay attention too.Who are you to write this movie is this or that? It is very uneven ,funny in places ,but alas ,sometimes showing the worst aspects of the French Godardesque Nouvelle Vague :didacticism is rampant.The actors' playing,sometimes verging on hysteria ,is almost unbearable,in the scene when Freud plays the occasional street pedlar and in the sequence of the ridiculous directors competition .

    I like Moretti better when he depicts simple but poignant life stories as he does in "la Stanza Del Figlio" .
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    • May 28, 2011

    Details

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    • Release date
      • September 10, 1981 (Italy)
    • Country of origin
      • Italy
    • Languages
      • Italian
      • German
    • Also known as
      • Golden Dreams
    • Filming locations
      • Cinecittà Studios, Cinecittà, Rome, Lazio, Italy
    • Production companies
      • Opera Film Produzione
      • Rai 1
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    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 45 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.66 : 1

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