Directed by:
Nanni MorettiScreenplay:
Nanni MorettiComposer:
Franco PiersantiCast:
Nanni Moretti, Alessandro Haber, Laura Morante, Nicola Di Pinto, Ennio Antonelli, Maria D'Incoronato, Piera Degli Esposti, Miranda Campa, Vincenzo Salemme (more)Plots(1)
When director Michele Apicella screens his newest movie in film clubs, auditoriums, cinemas, and even a convent, he faces a torrent of criticism, mainly that he hasn’t adequately represented the interests of farmers, housewives, and labourers. Meanwhile, work on his next film also takes a catastrophic turn. Titled “La mamma di Freud”, its lead character is a revenant of the famed psychoanalyst who, like the director himself, lives with his mother in a symbiotic love-hate relationship. On top of that, Michele has to ward off a rival who is making a musical about the 1968 student uprisings. When the two are pitted against each other on a TV game show, the situation takes on nightmarish dimensions. As does Michele’s reunion with a girlfriend who might, however, be purely imaginary. (Berlinale)
(more)Cast
Nanni Moretti
Italy
Best movies:
Padre padrone (1977)
Quiet Chaos (2008)
Dear Diary (1993)
Alessandro Haber
Italy
Best movies:
All My Friends Part 2 (1982)
The Unknown Woman (2006)
The Conformist (1970)
Laura Morante
Italy
Best movies:
L'affaire Dreyfus (1994) (series)
Mother Teresa of Calcutta (2003) (TV movie)
Le due vite di Mattia Pascal (1985)
Nicola Di Pinto
Italy
Best movies:
Cinema Paradiso (1988)
The Legend of 1900 (1998)
The Moro Affair (1986)
Ennio Antonelli
Italy
Best movies:
Fantozzi Against the Wind (1980)
Ginger and Fred (1986)
Kid Stuff (1975)
Maria D'Incoronato
Best movies:
The Concorde Affair (1979)
Piera Degli Esposti
Italy
Best movies:
The Unknown Woman (2006)
Il Divo (2008)
Atelier Fontana - Le sorelle della moda (2011) (TV movie)
Miranda Campa
Switzerland
Best movies:
Una breve vacanza (1973)
The Return of Don Camillo (1953)
Family Diary (1962)
Vincenzo Salemme
Italy
Best movies:
The Mass Is Ended (1985)
Ex (2009)
Baaria (2009)
Claudio Spadaro
Italy
Best movies:
The Octopus (1984) (series)
The Belly of an Architect (1987)
Henry IV (1984)
Remo Remotti
Italy
Best movies:
The Godfather: Part III (1990)
The Scarlet and the Black (1983) (TV movie)
Otello (1986)
Massimo Milazzo
Best movies:
The Mass Is Ended (1985)
Mario Cipriani
Best movies:
Accatone (1961)
Mamma Roma (1962)
Rogopag (1963)
Mario Garriba
Italy
Best movies:
Una breve vacanza (1973)
Shoot First, Die Later (1974)
Sweet Body of Bianca (1984)
Chiara Moretti
Best movies:
Pipicacadodo (1979)
Sabina Vannucchi
Italy
Best movies:
El Norte (1983)
The Night of the Shooting Stars (1982)
Something to Believe In (1998)
Claudio Ciocca
Best movies:
Orchestra Rehearsal (1978)
Ginger and Fred (1986)
And the Ship Sails On (1983)