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15/06/2020 Drama 1h 38m
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Once upon a time there was a dream that now exists no more

Overview

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.

  1. Fabio D'Innocenzo

    Director, Writer

  2. Damiano D'Innocenzo

    Director, Writer

Top billed cast

  1. Elio Germano

    Bruno Placido

  2. Tommaso Di Cola

    Dennis Placido

  3. Giulietta Rebeggiani

    Alessia Placido

  4. Gabriel Montesi

    Amelio Guerrini

  5. Justin Alexander Korovkin

    Geremia Guerrini

  6. Barbara Chichiarelli

    Dalila Placido

  7. Lino Musella

    Professor Bernardini

  8. Ileana D'Ambra

    Vilma Tommasi

  9. Max Malatesta

    Pietro Rosa

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Reviews

A review by CinemaSerf
Written by CinemaSerf on 2026-02-12
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 decide that vengeance will be their’s as they, often entirely independently, plot revenge on those whose physical and cerebral inertia they feel has condemned them to perpetuate the mundanity of th...read the rest
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Status
Released

Original Language
Italian

Budget
$0.00

Revenue
$0.00

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