Bad Tales
“Once upon a time there was a dream that now exists no more”
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.
This film feels like a suffocating summer day where simmering tensions boil over. It's a grim, unflinching look at suburban rot, where repressed rage festers beneath a veneer of normalcy, leading to explosive, tragic consequences.
