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)
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