The Big Dream

The Big Dream

2009 · 101 min · IT · 5.5 (78 votes)
Dir. Michele Placido · Starring Riccardo Scamarcio, Jasmine Trinca, Luca Argentero, Massimo Popolizio, Alessandra Acciai, Dajana Roncione
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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.

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A passionate, yet tense, exploration of love and idealism amidst the fervor of 1968. It feels like a sweeping romance caught in the crossfire of political upheaval, where personal desires clash with societal change.

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