Storyline
The lives of the tenants of a lower-class apartment building in the outskirts intersect on a backdrop of crime, drug dealing, confused feelings and tainted relationships, in a lucid portrait of contemporary Rome. Marcello, a bisexual former body builder married with Chiara, has an affair with the bourgeois professor Walter; the ambitious Mauro and cold-blooded dealer and his wife Simona get involved in the ambiguous business of the local boss Carmine to move up to the elegant and cruel circles of central Rome that profit from the public funds for the disadvantaged; Valeria and her son Attilio, Flaminia and her violent husband Bruno face the daily difficulties of their troubled lives. The corrupted powers of urban speculation invade a suspended corner of the suburbs, contaminating the lives of a group of lost souls,revealing the desperate world of the slum and the pitiless scene of the city center as the hidden face of the same coin.
Cast & Crew
Anna Foglietta
Chiara
Lead
Vinicio Marchioni
Marcello
Giulia Bevilacqua
Simona
Vincenzo Salemme
Walter
Maurizio Tesei
Mauro
Daniele Parisi
Attilio
Nuccio Siano
Carmine
Carmen Giardina
Lucia
What People Are Saying
3.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Matteo Botrugno's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. Tainted Souls is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
