''Help Me Dream'' ( Italian: ) is a 1981 Italian

romance film Romance films involve romantic love stories recorded in visual media for broadcast in theatres or on television that focus on passion (emotion), passion, emotion, and the affectionate romantic involvement of the main characters. Typically their ...

directed by

Pupi Avati Giuseppe Avati, better known as Pupi Avati (born 3 November 1938), is an Italian film director, producer, and screenwriter. He is known to horror film fans for his two '' giallo'' masterpieces, '' The House with Laughing Windows'' (1976) and '' ...

and starring Mariangela Melato, Anthony Franciosa and Orazio Orlando. For this film Mariangela Melato was awarded with a David di Donatello for Best Actress and a Nastro d'Argento in the same category. The musical score of Riz Ortolani won the Nastro d'Argento for Best Score. In 1943 during the

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a woman leaves

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to escape the bombing raids and goes to live in her country villa.

Main cast

* Mariangela Melato as Francesca * Anthony Franciosa as Ray * Orazio Orlando as Guido * Jean-Pierre Léaud as Mario * Paola Pitagora as Giovanna * Alexandra Stewart as Magda * Franca Tamantini as Tonina * Vincenzo Crocitti *

Anna Melato Anna Melato (born 18 May 1952) is an Italian actress, singer and voice actor. She is best known for singing and acting in Lina Wertmüller's ''Love and Anarchy'' (1973), where she sang Nino Rota's "Canzone arrabbiata" and "El Tunin". In the 197 ...

References

Bibliography

* Antonio Maraldi. ''Il cinema di Pupi Avati''. Il ponte vecchio, 2003.

External links

* 1981 films Films directed by Pupi Avati Italian drama films Films scored by Riz Ortolani 1981 drama films Italian World War II films Films set in the 1940s Titanus films 1980s Italian-language films 1980s Italian films {{1980s-Italy-film-stub