Sweet Dreams (1981)

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Director:

Nanni Moretti

Writer:

Nanni Moretti

Stars:

Nanni Moretti, Dario Cantarelli, Nicola Di Pinto

1 win & 3 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Nanni Moretti	...	Michele Apicella
Dario Cantarelli	...	Critic
Nicola Di Pinto	...	Nicola
Alessandro Haber	...	Gaetano
Laura Morante	...	Silvia
Gigio Morra	...	Gigio Cimino
Giampiero Mughini	...	TV Host
Remo Remotti	...	Sigmund Freud
Tatti Sanguineti	...	Assistant Director
Claudio Spadaro	...	Claudio
Miranda Campa	...	Freud's Mother
Chiara Moretti	...	TV Host
Sabina Vannucchi	...	Freud's Daugther
Piera Degli Esposti	...	Michele's Mother
Giovanna De Luca

Storyline

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Plot Keywords:

alternate reality | stream of consciousness | filmmaking | director | critic | 

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Genres:

Comedy | Drama

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Did You Know?

Trivia

First movie of Nanni Moretti's to be shot on 35mm film.

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Connections

References The Shining (1980)

User Reviews

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" .

Details

Country:

Italy

Language:

Italian German

Release Date:

10 September 1981 (Italy)

Also Known As:

Altın Düşler

Filming Locations:

Cinecittà Studios, Cinecittà, Rome, Lazio, Italy

Company Credits

Production Co:

Opera Film Produzione, Rai Uno

Technical Specs

Runtime:

105 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.66 : 1