Sweet Dreams (2016 film)

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| name = Sweet Dreams

| image = Sweet Dreams (2016 film).jpg

| alt =

| caption = Theatrical release poster

| director = Marco Bellocchio

| producer = Beppe Caschetto

| screenplay = Marco Bellocchio
Valia Santella
Edoardo Albinati

| based_on = Sweet Dreams, Little One by Massimo Gramellini

| starring = {{plainlist|

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| music = Carlo Crivelli

| cinematography = Daniele Ciprì

| editing = Francesca Calvelli

| studio = {{plainlist|

IBC Movie
Kavac Film
Rai Cinema
Ad Vitam

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| distributor = {{plainlist|

01 Distribution (Italy)
Ad Vitam (France)

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| released = {{film date|df=yes|2016|5|12|Cannes|2016|11|10|Italy|2016|12|28|France}}

| runtime = 131 minutes

| country = {{plainlist|

Italy
France

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| language = Italian

| budget = €5 million

| gross = $1.9 million{{cite Box Office Mojo|id=4746506|title=Sweet Dreams (2016)|access-date=11 August 2023}}

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Sweet Dreams ({{Langx|it|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.{{cite web |url=http://www.quinzaine-realisateurs.com/en/fortnight-2016/ |title=Fortnight 2016: The 48th Directors' Fortnight Selection |access-date=19 April 2016 |work=Quinzaine des Réalisateurs |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160420130803/http://www.quinzaine-realisateurs.com/en/fortnight-2016/ |archive-date=20 April 2016 }}{{cite web |url=https://deadline.com/2016/04/cannes-directors-fortnight-2016-films-lineup-full-list-1201740068/ |title=Cannes: Directors' Fortnight 2016 Lineup – Laura Poitras' 'Risk', Pablo Larrain's 'Neruda', Paul Schrader's 'Dog Eat Dog' |author=Nancy Tartaglione |date=19 April 2016 |accessdate=19 April 2016 |work=Deadline Hollywood}} It was theatrically released in Italy by 01 Distribution on 10 November 2016.{{cite magazine|date=9 November 2016|title=Caprino racconta "Fai bei sogni" di Bellocchio|url=https://www.panorama.it/caprino-racconta-fai-bei-sogni-di-bellocchio|magazine=Panorama|language=it|access-date=11 August 2023}}

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.{{cite web|url=https://cineuropa.org/en/newsdetail/309258/|title=Sweet Dreams: Marco Bellocchio and a truth denied|last=De Marco|first=Camillo|date=13 May 2016|website=Cineuropa|access-date=11 August 2023}} It received 800,000 euro in support from the Ministry of Cultural Heritage and Activities and Tourism.{{Cite web|last=Scarpa|first=Vittoria|date=2015-01-07|url=http://www.cineuropa.org/nw.aspx?t=newsdetail&l=en&did=282961|title=Mibact contributions for Bellocchio, Sollima, Tognazzi and Rosi|work=Cineuropa|accessdate=2016-04-02}} The full budget was five million euro.{{Cite web|author=Staff writer|date=2015-05-04|url=http://www.torinotoday.it/eventi/cultura/riprese-film-fai-bei-sogni-gramellini.html|title=Fai bei sogni, domani a Torino il primo ciak del best seller di Massimo Gramellini|language=Italian|work=Torino Today|accessdate=2016-04-02}}

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

== See also ==