Sweet Dreams (2016 film)

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Sweet Dreams
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Directed by Marco Bellocchio
Screenplay byMarco Bellocchio
Valia Santella
Edoardo Albinati
Based onSweet Dreams, Little One by Massimo Gramellini
Produced byBeppe Caschetto
Starring
Cinematography Daniele Ciprì
Edited byFrancesca Calvelli
Music by Carlo Crivelli
Production
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Distributed by
Release dates
  • 12 May 2016 (2016-05-12)(Cannes)
  • 10 November 2016 (2016-11-10)(Italy)
  • 28 December 2016 (2016-12-28)(France)
Running time
131 minutes
Countries
  • Italy
  • France
LanguageItalian
Budget €5 million
Box office$1.9 million [1]

Sweet Dreams (Italian : Fai bei sogni) is a 2016 Italian-language biographical drama film directed and co-written by Marco Bellocchio. It is based on the novel Sweet Dreams, Little One by Massimo Gramellini. It was screened in the Directors' Fortnight section at the 2016 Cannes Film Festival. [2] [3] It was theatrically released in Italy by 01 Distribution on 10 November 2016. [4]

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Production

The screenplay is based on Massimo Gramellini's 2012 novel Sweet Dreams, Little One. The film was produced by IBC Movie, Kavac Film, Rai Cinema and France's Ad Vitam. [5] It received 800,000 euro in support from the Ministry of Cultural Heritage and Activities and Tourism. [6] The full budget was five million euro. [7]

The film was shot in Turin. Filming began on 4 May 2015 and lasted eight weeks. [7]

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References

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  2. ↑ "Fortnight 2016: The 48th Directors' Fortnight Selection". Quinzaine des Réalisateurs. Archived from the original on 20 April 2016. Retrieved 19 April 2016.
  3. ↑ Nancy Tartaglione (19 April 2016). "Cannes: Directors' Fortnight 2016 Lineup – Laura Poitras' 'Risk', Pablo Larrain's 'Neruda', Paul Schrader's 'Dog Eat Dog'". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved 19 April 2016.
  4. ↑ "Caprino racconta "Fai bei sogni" di Bellocchio". Panorama (in Italian). 9 November 2016. Retrieved 11 August 2023.
  5. ↑ De Marco, Camillo (13 May 2016). "Sweet Dreams: Marco Bellocchio and a truth denied". Cineuropa . Retrieved 11 August 2023.
  6. ↑ Scarpa, Vittoria (2015-01-07). "Mibact contributions for Bellocchio, Sollima, Tognazzi and Rosi". Cineuropa. Retrieved 2016-04-02.
  7. 1 2 Staff writer (2015-05-04). "Fai bei sogni, domani a Torino il primo ciak del best seller di Massimo Gramellini". Torino Today (in Italian). Retrieved 2016-04-02.


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