Il grande sogno (2009)

Italian Revolution, 1968. Police officer, Nicolas, wants to become an actor. He goes out in plain clothes and meets Laura who is among students against the government, Vietnam War and who ... See full summary »

Director:

Michele Placido

Writers:

Doriana Leondeff, Angelo Pasquini

Stars:

Riccardo Scamarcio, Jasmine Trinca, Luca Argentero

2 wins & 1 nomination.

Cast

Credited cast:
Riccardo Scamarcio	...	Nicola
Jasmine Trinca	...	Laura
Luca Argentero	...	Libero
Massimo Popolizio	...	Domenico
Alessandra Acciai	...	Francesca
Dajana Roncione	...	Isabella
Federica Vincenti	...	Rosa
Brenno Placido	...	Giulio (as Marco Brenno)
Marco Iermanò	...	Andrea
Silvio Orlando	...	Colonnello carabinieri
Laura Morante	...	Maddalena
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Nicola Acunzo
Viviana Altieri
Gigi Angelillo
Luca Avagliano

Storyline

Italian Revolution, 1968. Police officer, Nicolas, wants to become an actor. He goes out in plain clothes and meets Laura who is among students against the government, Vietnam War and who seek sexual freedom. One day, his identity gets exposed and she leaves him.

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Plot Keywords:

pillow fight | male frontal nudity | smoking | joint | female nudity | 

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Genres:

Drama

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Details

Official Sites:

Official site [France]

Country:

Italy France

Language:

Italian

Release Date:

11 September 2009 (Italy)

Also Known As:

The Big Dream

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Box Office

Budget:

€10,000,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Taodue Film,Babe Film,Medusa Film

Technical Specs

Runtime:

101 min

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

It was one of the five Italian films pre-selected as the Best Foreign Film submission for the 82nd Academy Awards, along with Baarìa (2009), Fortapàsc (2009), Si può fare (2008) and Vincere (2009).

User Reviews

Confused, misguided and misinformed

Michele Placido has been an constant figure in the Italian cinema for decades now. He directed one of my favorite Italian films of the 90's "Un Eroe Borghese" and starred in some glorious Italian titles of the last 30 years but he himself has gone the road of so many others, he has "practiced" his craft hasn't cultivated it. There is a palpable sense of pretension in his work, trying to be "important" that goes head to head with a deep seated personal, cultural ignorance. Here he indulges in some personal memories connected to the tumultuous 1968, isn't that convenient? But, as it happens to someone who has remain in the intellectual periphery of things, "Il Grande Sogno" doesn't serve us to understand his memory or his beliefs, if any. Riccardo Scamarcio, Placido's alter ego in this case, displays an element of truth, absent in all of his wort for the last few years but his intention as a character is as falsely profound as the film itself. The generational conflict that the period created remains at the threshold of a really compelling story. I loved Luca Argentero and Laura Morante. The film is bloated with self importance but empty from every imaginable angle. As if this wasn't depressing enough, at the press conference, Placido exploded when a journalist ask him how he, a committed left wing man made a film financed by the right wing Mediaset, he didn't have a rational answer of course instead a really childish one, plus, accused the journalist's country of invading countries, sending people to die and then making movies about it to appear good and decent. The statement was ignorant and ridiculous in itself but to make it worse was the fact that Placido launched the attack to the journalist thinking she was English when in fact she was Spanish. In a way the incident reveals what wrong with Placido's film.