Sweet Dreams (2016 film)

Sweet Dreams (Fai bei sogni) 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. It was theatrically released in Italy by 01 Distribution on 10 November 2016.

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.