Sweet Dreams (1981)

Release Date: 1981-09-10
Runtime: 1h 40min
Production Company: Opera Film Produzione
Production Country: Italy
Director: Nanni Moretti
Writer: Nanni Moretti

Michele criticizes the film industry and its inhabitants, and is particularly embattled with a Neapolitan director making a musical about the 1968 student demonstrations. At the same time, Michele has a creative block and struggles to finish his film titled "Freud’s Mother." Nanni Moretti’s self-inquiry into filmmaking, political ennui, and men’s relations with their mothers.