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.
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Elio Germano
Bruno Placido
Tommaso Di Cola
Dennis Placido
Giulietta Rebeggiani
Alessia Placido
Gabriel Montesi
Amelio Guerrini
Justin Alexander Korovkin
Geremia Guerrini
Barbara Chichiarelli
Dalila Placido
Lino Musella
Professor Bernardini
Ileana D'Ambra
Vilma Tommasi
Max Malatesta
Pietro Rosa
Aldo Ottobrino
Padre di Ada
Director
Fabio D'Innocenzo
Tagline
"Once upon a time there was a dream that now exists no more"
Status
Released
Original Language
IT
Production
Amka Films, Vision Distribution, QMI, Sky Italia, RSI, SRG SSR, Pepito Produzioni, RAI Cinema
CinemaSerf
February 12, 2026
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...
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