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    Sweet Dreams

    2016

    Italian

    6.5

    12

    50%

    32%

    1960s

    Action

    childhood memory

    childhood trauma

    Drama

    loss of parent

    psychological melodrama

    Romance

    traumatic childhood

    Marco Bellocchio Marco Bellocchio Director Miriam Leone Miriam Leone as Agnese Bérénice Bejo Bérénice Bejo as Elisa Barbara Ronchi Barbara Ronchi as Madre di Massimo Valerio Mastandrea Valerio Mastandrea as Massimo
    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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