Michele criticizes the film industry and its inhabitants, and is particularly embattled with a Neapolitan director making a musical about the 1968 student demonstrations. At the same time, Michele has a creative block and struggles to finish his film titled "Freud’s Mother." Nanni Moretti’s self-inquiry into filmmaking, political ennui, and men’s relations with their mothers.
Cast
Nanni Moretti
Michele Apicella
Nicola Di Pinto
Nicola
Laura Morante
Silvia
Alessandro Haber
Gaetano
Remo Remotti
Freud
Piera Degli Esposti
Madre di Michele
Gigio Morra
Gigio Cimino
Giampiero Mughini
Presentatore TV
Dario Cantarelli
critico
Tatti Sanguineti
aiuto regista
Claudio Spadaro
Claudio
Miranda Campa
Unknown
Chiara Moretti
Unknown
Sabina Vannucchi
Unknown
Mario Garriba
Unknown
Giovanna De Luca
Unknown
Sara Di Nepi
Unknown
Livio Galassi
Unknown
Cristina Manni
Unknown
Massimo Milazzo
Unknown
Adriana Pecorelli
Unknown
Oreste Rotundo
Unknown
Vincenzo Salemme
Unknown
Mario Monaci Toschi
Unknown
Maria D'Incoronato
Secretary (uncredited)
Crew
Nanni Moretti
Director, Screenplay, Story, Producer
Roberto Perpignani
Editor
Piera Gabutti
Assistant Editor
Carlo D'Alessandro
Assistant Editor
Franco Di Giacomo
Director of Photography
Inigo Lezzi
First Assistant Director
Manolo Bolognini
Executive Producer
Renzo Rossellini
Producer
Gianni Sbarra
Production Design
Francesco Gagliardini
Camera Operator
Silvano Tessicini
First Assistant Camera
Alessandro Ghiara
Second Assistant Camera
Lia Francesca Morandini
Costume Design
Jole Cecchini
Hairstylist
Gloria Fava
Makeup Artist
Donato Ungaro
Sound Editor
Fausto Ancillai
Sound Mixer
Franco Borni
Sound
Decio Trani
Boom Operator
Luciano Anzellotti
Foley Artist
Massimo Anzellotti
Foley Artist
Franco Piersanti
Original Music Composer
Pierluigi Praturlon
Still Photographer
Eleonora Pallottini
Script Supervisor
Paolo Schiavetti
Assistant Production Design
Mauro Anzelotti
Key Grip
Valerio Garzia
Gaffer
Filippo Campus
Unit Manager
Gianfranco Plenizio
Conductor
Nestore Baratella
Administration
Sergio Bologna
Administration
Andrea Bolognini
Production Secretary
