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.
as Michele Apicella
as Nicola
as Silvia
as Gaetano
as Freud
as Madre di Michele
as Gigio Cimino
as Presentatore TV
as critico
as aiuto regista
as Claudio
as Secretary (uncredited)