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  • 2021
  • Strand Releasing
  • 1 h 38 m
  • 2021
  • Strand Releasing
  • 1 h 38 m

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 the gu...

Directed By: Damiano D'Innocenzo, Fabio D'Innocenzo

Written By: Damiano D'Innocenzo, Fabio D'Innocenzo

  • 2021
  • Strand Releasing
  • 1 h 38 m
  • 2021
  • Strand Releasing
  • 1 h 38 m

Bad Tales

Metascore Mixed or Average Based on 9 Critic Reviews
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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 the gu...

Directed By: Damiano D'Innocenzo, Fabio D'Innocenzo

Written By: Damiano D'Innocenzo, Fabio D'Innocenzo

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Metascore
Mixed or Average Based on 9 Critic Reviews
60
67% Positive
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33% Mixed
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0% Negative
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Mixed or Average Based on 9 Critic Reviews
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67% Positive
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33% Mixed
3 Reviews
0% Negative
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80
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.
By Jonathan Romney FULL REVIEW
80
Sep 14, 2021
Parental indifference is not attuned to the looming tragedy in this horribly compelling fable.
By Wendy Ide FULL REVIEW
75
Jul 1, 2021
Narration, as the film reminds us, isn’t only a diversion but a form of authority, of power, and when authority is least conspicuous, it’s often at its most insidious.
By William Repass FULL REVIEW
70
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.
By Deborah Young FULL REVIEW
67
Jun 4, 2021
Even if the impact Bad Tales creates ultimately feels cheap, there’s no denying the force and expert construction of it.
By David Katz FULL REVIEW
40
Sep 14, 2021
Drowning in style but shallow in substance.
By Peter Debruge FULL REVIEW
40
Jun 3, 2021
The story is both overwrought and underdeveloped, with potentially important plot details insufficiently explained or left out altogether.
By A.O. Scott FULL REVIEW

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Production Company Pepito Produzioni, Rai Cinema, Vision Distribution, QMI, Amka Films Productions, RSI-Radiotelevisione Svizzera, SRG - SSR, Sky Italia, Ministero dei Beni e delle Attività Culturali e del Turismo (MiBACT)
Release Date Jun 4, 2021
Duration 1 h 38 m
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Website https://strandreleasing.com/films/bad-tales/
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Awards

David di Donatello Awards
• 1 Win & 13 Nominations
Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists
• 6 Wins & 11 Nominations
Golden Ciak Awards
• 5 Wins & 6 Nominations

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