Bad Tales

1 hr. 46 min. | Drama | N-16

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The sweltering summer heat beats down on a sterile residential estate in the suburbs of Rome. Many a family lives here that no longer belongs anywhere. There is a mysterious sense of unease that can explode at any moment. Parents are constantly frustrated because they are not from a better suburb, and the kind of middle-class life they had hoped for is beyond their reach. But their children are the real protagonists of the shock wave that propels the entire estate towards collapse.

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Berlin Film Festival

Best Screenplay

Golden Globes, Italy

Best Direction

Best Screenplay

Damiano D'Innocenzo

Fabio and Damiano D’Innocenzo spent their childhood on the outskirts of Rome painting, writing poems and taking photographs. Without any formal film-making training, they have created video clips, films for television and the cinema as well as a theatre play. Their debut feature „Boys Cry“ (2018) premiered in Berlinale's Panorama and has been presented at Scanorama.