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.
Nápoles, año 1943, en plena Segunda Guerra Mundial. La ciudad acaba de ser liberada por las tropas americanas en una época en la que nadie sabe cuándo acaba la guerra ni dónde empieza la paz; vencedores y vencidos se enfrentan...