Bad Tales

2020 PG-13 1h 38m

6.7 / 10 611

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6.7/10

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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.

Director Fabio D'Innocenzo

Writers

Fabio D'Innocenzo Damiano D'Innocenzo

Stars

Elio Germano Tommaso Di Cola Giulietta Rebeggiani

Justin Alexander Korovkin

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Geronimo1967 12 Feb 2026

6/10

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 brought up in a comfortable enough swamp of ennui and uninspired hopelessness, it’s the children who d...