Sweet Dreams (2016 film) explained

Sweet Dreams
Director:Marco Bellocchio
Producer:Beppe Caschetto
Screenplay:Marco Bellocchio
Valia Santella
Edoardo Albinati
Based On:Sweet Dreams, Little One by Massimo Gramellini
Starring:
Music:Carlo Crivelli
Cinematography:Daniele Ciprì
Editing:Francesca Calvelli
Studio:
Distributor:
  • 01 Distribution (Italy)
  • Ad Vitam (France)
Runtime:131 minutes
Country:
  • Italy
  • France
Language:Italian
Budget:5 million
Gross:$1.9 million[1]

Sweet Dreams is a 2016 Italian-language film directed and co-written by Marco Bellocchio. It is based on the novel Sweet Dreams, Little One by Massimo Gramellini. It was screened in the Directors' Fortnight section at the 2016 Cannes Film Festival.[2] [3] It was theatrically released in Italy by 01 Distribution on 10 November 2016.[4]

Cast

Production

The screenplay is based on Massimo Gramellini's 2012 novel Sweet Dreams, Little One. The film was produced by IBC Movie, Kavac Film, Rai Cinema and France's Ad Vitam.[5] It received 800,000 euro in support from the Ministry of Cultural Heritage and Activities and Tourism.[6] The full budget was five million euro.[7]

The film was shot in Turin. Filming began on 4 May 2015 and lasted eight weeks.

See also

Notes and References

  1. 4746506. Sweet Dreams (2016). 11 August 2023.
  2. Web site: Fortnight 2016: The 48th Directors' Fortnight Selection . 19 April 2016 . Quinzaine des Réalisateurs . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160420130803/http://www.quinzaine-realisateurs.com/en/fortnight-2016/ . 20 April 2016 .
  3. Web site: Cannes: Directors’ Fortnight 2016 Lineup – Laura Poitras’ ‘Risk’, Pablo Larrain’s ‘Neruda’, Paul Schrader’s ‘Dog Eat Dog’ . Nancy Tartaglione . 19 April 2016 . 19 April 2016 . Deadline Hollywood.
  4. 9 November 2016. Caprino racconta "Fai bei sogni" di Bellocchio. Panorama. it. 11 August 2023.
  5. Web site: Sweet Dreams: Marco Bellocchio and a truth denied. De Marco. Camillo. 13 May 2016. Cineuropa. 11 August 2023.
  6. Web site: Scarpa. Vittoria. 2015-01-07. Mibact contributions for Bellocchio, Sollima, Tognazzi and Rosi. Cineuropa. 2016-04-02.
  7. Web site: Staff writer. 2015-05-04. Fai bei sogni, domani a Torino il primo ciak del best seller di Massimo Gramellini. Italian. Torino Today. 2016-04-02.