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The Big Dream

The Big Dream

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Status

Released

Release Date

Nov 11, 2009

Runtime

1h 41m

Genres

Drama, History, Romance

User Score

55%

Original Title

Il grande sogno

Production Companies

Taodue Film, Babe Film, Medusa Film

Director

Michele Placido

Description

Italy, 1968. Aspiring actor Nicola enrolls in the police to pay for his studies, ending up undercover among college students protesting the government, the Vietnam War and the values of their parents' generation. However, he complicates his mission by falling for Laura, a bourgeois girl dreaming of a better world.