Help Me Dream (1981)
In 1943, during the war, Francesca, widowed, moves with her three daughters to her country house, to get away from the bombing of Bologna. In the villa she finds her childhood friends and her old love Guido, who has not forgotten her. Francesca has a passion for everything that comes from America, like music and cinema. She even tells her daughters that her husband who died in the war would actually leave for the USA, where he would live.
Director:
Pupi Avati
Writer:
Pupi Avati
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Mariangela Melato as Francesca |
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Anthony Franciosa as Ray |
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Orazio Orlando as Guido |
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Jean-Pierre Léaud as Mario |
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Paola Pitagora as Giovanna |
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Alexandra Stewart as Magda |
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Franca Tamantini as Tonina |
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Paola Antolini as Mimma |
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Alessandra Antolini as Stella |
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Maria Cristina Le Rose as Celeste |
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Bob Tonelli as The priest |
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Ferdinando Orlandi as Benzi |
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Roberto Bruni as |
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Claudio Mazzenga as |
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Paolo Pigozzi as |
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Davide Celli as |
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Sandro Bisato as |
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Monica Giordano as |
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Svetlana Vranant as |
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Carlo Conversi as |
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Vincenzo Crocitti as |
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Giorgio De Bortoli as |
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Pino Di Bella as |
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Isabella Ippoliti as |
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Anna Melato as |
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Marisa Sannia as |
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Laura Saraceni as |
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Antonio Scarafino as |
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Connie Spadanuta as |
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Paolo Turco as |
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Alessandro Vagoni as |
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Corrado Gaipa as Narratore (uncredited) |
| Camera | Franco Delli Colli | Director of Photography |
| Directing | Pupi Avati | Director |
| Art | Guido Josia | Production Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Guido Josia | Costume Design |
| Editing | Amedeo Salfa | Editor |
| Sound | Riz Ortolani | Original Music Composer |
| Crew | Hermes Pan | Choreographer |
| Production | Giovanni Amadei | Line Producer |
| Production | Francesco Guerrieri | Production Manager |
| Production | Bruno Voglino | Delegated Producer |
| Production | Gianni Minervini | Producer |
| Production | Antonio Avati | Producer |
| Camera | Giovanni Canfarelli Modica | Assistant Camera |
| Directing | Mario Maffei | First Assistant Director |
| Directing | Cesare Bastelli | First Assistant Director |
| Directing | Maria Zola | Script Supervisor |
| Sound | Raffaele De Luca | Sound |
| Sound | Angelo Amatulli | Boom Operator |
| Editing | Piera Gabutti | Assistant Editor |
| Editing | Vincenza Caruso | Assistant Editor |
| Production | Alessandro Vivarelli | Unit Manager |
| Production | Rosa Mercurio | Production Secretary |
| Production | Marco Bianchi | Production Secretary |
| Production | Mariano Squillante | Production Secretary |
| Production | Raffaello Forti | Administration |
| Production | Francesca Moneta Guerrieri | Accountant |
| Camera | Roberto Nicosia | Still Photographer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Alfredo Marazzi | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Alfonso Cioffi | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Paolo Franceschi | Hairstylist |
| Art | Walter Caprara | Assistant Production Design |
| Art | Milto Baratella | Assistant Production Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Luciano Calosso | Assistant Costume Designer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Anna Cirilli | Seamstress |
| Costume & Make-Up | Patrizia Lepri | Seamstress |
| Camera | Mario Pizzi | Key Grip |
| Lighting | Michele Pellegrini | Gaffer |
| Art | Giorgio Baldi | Property Master |
| Crew | Giovanni Corridori | Special Effects |
| Sound | Luciano Anzellotti | Sound Effects |
| Sound | Massimo Anzellotti | Sound Effects |
| Sound | Romano Checcacci | Sound Mixer |
| Writing | Pupi Avati | Screenplay |
| Writing | Pupi Avati | Story |