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Memory and utopia

SOGNI D’ORO

Nanni Moretti
Italy
 - 1981

When director Michele Apicella releases his latest film, he faces a torrent of criticism. Meanwhile, he is already working on his next project, the story of a madman who lives with his elderly mother and who believes he is Sigmund Freud. In addition, he has to defend himself against a rival who is preparing a musical about the student riots of 1968. When the two face each other in a television game show, the situation takes on nightmarish dimensions, and so does his reunion with Silvia, a girlfriend that could be purely a figment of his imagination...

Nanni Moretti

Born in Brunico (Italy) in 1953. He developed a remarkable career as a screenwriter and actor before making his directorial debut with ‘Un autarchico a “palazzo”’ (1976) and directing films such as ‘Ecce bombo’ (1978), his first Cannes entry. His film work entered Spain thanks to Seminci, which opened its 1994 edition with ‘Dear Diary’ and a year later dedicated a complete retrospective to Moretti. He also opened the festival in 2011 with ‘We Have a Pope’. His filmography includes titles like ‘Sweet Dreams’ (1981, Special Jury Prize in Venice), ‘The Mass Is Ended’ (1984, Special Jury Prize in Berlin), ‘Aprile’ (1998), ‘The Son’s Room’ (2001, Palme d’Or in Cannes), ‘The Caiman’ (2006), ‘Mia madre’ (2015), ‘Santiago, Italia’ (2018) or ‘A Brighter Tomorrow’ (2023).

DIRECTOR
Nanni Moretti
SCREENPLAY
Nanni Moretti
CINEMATOGRAPHY
Franco Di Giacomo
EDITOR
Roberto Perpignani
SOUND
Franco Borni
MUSIC
Franco Piersanti
PRODUCTION
Renzo Rossellini, Angelo Barbagallo, Nanni Moretti
PRODUCTION COMPANY
Opera Film Produzione, RAI 1
CAST
Nanni Moretti, Piera Degli Esposti, Laura Morante, Remo Remotti, Miranda Campa, Dario Cantarelli, Giovanna De Luca, Nicola Di Pinto
RUNNING TIME
105 min.
TYPE
Largometraje
FORMAT
Color
YEAR OF PRODUCTION
1981
VERSION
O.V. in Italian with English and Spanish subtitles.
COUNTRY
Italy
CONTACT
Cineteca Nazionale CSC
Restoration by Sacher Film with the support of Fondazione CSC

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