Sweet Dreams | |
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Directed by | Nanni Moretti |
Written by | Nanni Moretti |
Produced by | Renzo Rossellini |
Starring | Nanni Moretti Laura Morante Alessandro Haber |
Cinematography | Franco Di Giacomo |
Edited by | Roberto Perpignani |
Music by | Franco Piersanti |
Release date |
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Running time | 105 minutes |
Country | Italy |
Language | Italian |
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Michele Apicella (Nanni Moretti) is a young filmmaker on a lecture tour, speaking to audiences after screenings of his films. An insistent audience member (Dario Cantarelli) who appears at all the different venues repeatedly tells Michele that his films lack social relevance, challenging him to ‘show this film to a labourer from Basilicata, a shepherd from Abruzzo or a housewife from Treviso’.
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