Bad Tales

Name: Bad Tales
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Released: June 4, 2021
Duration: 98 min
Rating: 60
Cast: Aldo Ottobrino, Barbara Chichiarelli, Elio Germano, Gabriel Montesi, Giulietta Rebeggiani

2021

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Strand Releasing | Release Date: June 4, 2021 | Not Rated

Starring: Aldo Ottobrino, Barbara Chichiarelli, Elio Germano, Gabriel Montesi, Giulietta Rebeggiani, Ileana D'Ambra, Justin Korovkin, Lino Musella, Max Malatesta, Tommaso Di Cola

Summary: Once upon a time, in a small family 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 theOnce upon a time, in a small family 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 facade, with devastating consequences for the entire community.… Expand

Director: Damiano D'Innocenzo and Fabio D'Innocenzo

Genre(s): Drama, Mystery, Thriller

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 98 min

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The Guardian Peter Bradshaw

Sep 14, 2021

It is a superbly shot, viscerally acted ensemble drama. Read full review

Jonathan Romney

Sep 14, 2021

Provocative Italian feature Bad Tales is one of those films that aren’t afraid to confront you with the grimmest aspects of the human condition, but yet leave you feeling strangely exalted by the sheer cinematic invention involved. Read full review

Wendy Ide

Sep 14, 2021

Parental indifference is not attuned to the looming tragedy in this horribly compelling fable. Read full review

Deborah Young

Sep 14, 2021

Surprising, disconcerting and droll, this Italo-Swiss co-prod packs the grotesquerie of an Ulrich Seidl film minus the sex, plus vivid acting. Its weakest link is on the narrative level. Read full review

The Film Stage David Katz

Jun 4, 2021

Even if the impact Bad Tales creates ultimately feels cheap, there’s no denying the force and expert construction of it. Read full review

Robert Abele

Sep 14, 2021

As a curdled storybook, Bad Tales is highly watchable. The problem is that the brothers aren’t telling stories fueled by powerful characters; they’re staging awkward cruelties as if for a gallery show. Read full review

A.O. Scott

Jun 3, 2021

The story is both overwrought and underdeveloped, with potentially important plot details insufficiently explained or left out altogether. Read full review

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