Director: Lije Sarki
A childhood tragedy leaves lasting marks on Massimo, and it takes decades, one persistent doctor, and a return to the town he grew up in for him to finally face what happened.
What is Fai bei sogni about?
Massimo loses his mother while still a boy, an event the film treats as the hinge his whole life turns on. As an adult working as a journalist, he keeps that loss buried under routine and distance, until an assignment sends him back toward the place and the memories he has spent years avoiding. A doctor named Elisa, patient and direct in equal measure, becomes the person who finally gets him to speak about what he lost rather than around it. The film moves between his present-day reporting life and flashes of the childhood he can't quite leave behind, building toward a reckoning that is less about solving a mystery and more about a man learning to sit with grief he never processed. Titled Sweet Dreams in English, the story favors emotional slow-build over plot twists.
Cast & crew
The ensemble surrounding the central drama includes Johnny Knoxville, Bobby Lee, Jay Mohr, Kate Upton, Brian Van Holt, Theo Von, GaTa and Mo Amer, filling out the world Massimo moves through as an adult. Director Lije Sarki builds the film around Massimo's internal state rather than a large cast of competing storylines, keeping the focus tight on his relationship with Elisa and with his own past.
Context & significance
Running 131 minutes, the 2024 drama sits in the tradition of films about delayed grief, where a childhood wound resurfaces only once the adult protagonist is confronted with a reason to stop avoiding it. It is a romance in structure as much as a drama in tone, with Elisa's role shifting from clinical outsider to someone genuinely tied to Massimo's recovery. The film leans on quiet, character-driven scenes rather than dramatic incident to carry its second half.
Where & how to watch
Sweet Dreams can be watched on K-Time after logging into a free account, though this page is readable without signing in. The film is available with a Persian dub, letting Farsi-speaking viewers follow Massimo's story in their own language as part of K-Time's catalog built for the Iranian diaspora.