

Sweet Dreams
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.
Cast

Nanni Moretti
Michele Apicella

Nicola Di Pinto
Nicola

Laura Morante
Silvia

Alessandro Haber
Gaetano

Remo Remotti
Freud

Piera Degli Esposti
Madre di Michele

Gigio Morra
Gigio Cimino

Giampiero Mughini
Presentatore TV

Dario Cantarelli
critico

Tatti Sanguineti
aiuto regista

Claudio Spadaro
Claudio

Miranda Campa
Chiara Moretti

Sabina Vannucchi
Mario Garriba
Storyline
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.
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