Michele is a young filmmaker frustrated by the lack of understanding his work receives and at odds with the film industry, especially a colleague making a musical on the '68 student protests. As he struggles to complete his own film about Freud's mother, Michele's insecurity and creative block manifest in a series of unsettling nightmares. Nanni Moretti's self-inquiry into cinema, political ennui, and men's relationships with their mothers.
Sweet Dreams has generally received very positive reviews.
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Sweet Dreams was released in 1981 and has generally received very positive reviews.
Online reviewers have written 71 reviews, giving Sweet Dreams (1981) an average rating of 76%.
Overall, cinema-goers prefer the movie, giving it an average score of 83%, compared to film critics, who gave it a lower average score of 69%. Amateur reviewers were more impressed with Sweet Dreams than critics were.
With a score of 76%, Sweet Dreams is above the average Cinafilm score for movies made in 1981, which stands at 60%.
Other movies from 1981 with similar scores include films like The Evil Dead, Reds and Cabaret.
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