Sweet Dreams (Italian: Fai bei sogni) is a 2016 Italian-language biographical drama 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. It was theatrically released in Italy by 01 Distribution on 10 November 2016.
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Cast
Bérénice Bejo
Valerio Mastandrea
Fabrizio Gifuni
Guido Caprino
Barbara Ronchi
Emmanuelle Devos
Miriam Leone
Francesco Scianna
Linda Messerklinger
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. It received 800,000 euro in support from the Ministry of Cultural Heritage and Activities and Tourism. The full budget was five million euro.
The film was shot in Turin. Filming began on 4 May 2015 and lasted eight weeks.