Sweet Dreams

Sweet Dreams

3.12. 11:55
Film Europe
135 minutes
2016
Italy / France Drama

Turin, 1969. Nine-year-old Massimo’s idyllic childhood is shattered by the mysterious death of his mother. The young boy refuses to accept this brutal loss, even if the priest says she is now in Heaven. Years later in the 90s, adult Massimo has become an accomplished journalist. After reporting on the war in Sarajevo, he begins to suffer from panic attacks. As he prepares to sell his parents’ apartment, Massimo is forced to relive his traumatic past. Compassionate doctor Elisa could help tormented Massimo open up and confront his childhood wounds…

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2016
Italy / France Drama

Turin, 1969. Nine-year-old Massimo’s idyllic childhood is shattered by the mysterious death of his mother. The young boy refuses to accept this brutal loss, even if the priest says she is now in Heaven. Years later in the 90s, adult Massimo has become an accomplished journalist. After reporting on the war in Sarajevo, he begins to suffer from panic attacks. As he prepares to sell his parents’ apartment, Massimo is forced to relive his traumatic past. Compassionate doctor Elisa could help tormented Massimo open up and confront his childhood wounds…

Creators

Marco Bellocchio

Cast

Emmanuelle Devos, Fausto Russo Alesi, Nicolò Cabras, Lorenzo Monti, Dražen Pavlović, Valerio Mastandrea, Dario Dal Pero, Mario Acampa, Arianna Scommegna, Bruno Torrisi, Roberto Herlitzka, Miriam Leone, Roberto De Francesco, Guido Caprino, Fabrizio Gifuni, Barbara Ronchi, Pier Giorgio Bellocchio, Piera Degli Esposti, Manuela Mandracchia, Giulio Brogi, Dylan Ferrario, Linda Messerklinger, Ferdinando Vetere, Bérénice Bejo