Bad Tales
In a small suburb on the outskirts of Rome, the cheerful heat of summer camouflages a stifling atmosphere of alienation. From a distance, the families seem normal, but it’s an illusion: in the houses, courtyards and gardens, silence shrouds the subtle sadism of the fathers, the passivity of the mothers and the guilty indifference of adults. But it’s the desperation and repressed rage of the children that will explode and cut through this grotesque façade, with devastating consequences for the entire community.
Cast
Elio Germano
as Bruno Placido
Tommaso Di Cola
as Dennis Placido
Giulietta Rebeggiani
as Alessia Placido
Gabriel Montesi
as Amelio Guerrini
Justin Alexander Korovkin
as Geremia Guerrini
Barbara Chichiarelli
as Dalila Placido
Lino Musella
as Professor Bernardini
Ileana D'Ambra
as Vilma Tommasi
Max Malatesta
as Pietro Rosa
Aldo Ottobrino
as Padre di Ada
Reviews
CinemaSerf
This is a fairly savage indictment of suburban family living. Set on the outskirts of Rome - but it could as easily be London or Paris, this swaps the role normalcies of aspects of parenthood and visits the perceived sins of the parents back on themselves by way of their own children. Having been br...
