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.

• Opera Film Produzione
• RAI
• Nanni Moretti
• Nicola Di Pinto
• Laura Morante
• Alessandro Haber
• Remo Remotti
• Piera Degli Esposti
• Gigio Morra
• Giampiero Mughini