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.

Credits

Nanni MorettiDirector

Nanni MorettiMichele Apicella

Nicola Di PintoNicola

Laura MoranteSilvia

Alessandro HaberGaetano