Help Me Dream

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

Cast: Mariangela Melato, Anthony Franciosa, Orazio Orlando, Jean-Pierre Léaud, Paola Pitagora, Alexandra Stewart, Franca Tamantini, Paola Antolini

Audience-only score — full critic data not yet in the ReelXO vault.