Tainted Souls
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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.
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Cast
17 people
Anna Foglietta
Chiara
Known for
Perfect Strangers
Tutta colpa di Freud
Vinicio Marchioni
Marcello
Known for
Romanzo Criminale: The Series
Tutta colpa di Freud
Giulia Bevilacqua
Simona
Known for
Tiramisu
Tutta colpa di Freud
Vincenzo Salemme
Walter
Known for
Us in the U.S.
Non si ruba a casa dei ladri
Maurizio Tesei
Mauro
Known for
They Call Me Jeeg
Public Disorder
Daniele Parisi
Attilio
Known for
The Guest
Ears
Nuccio Siano
Carmine
Also in
Under the Tuscan Sun
Captain Corelli's Mandolin
Carmen Giardina
Lucia
Known for
Enrico Piaggio: Vespa
The Last New Year's Eve
Lucianna De Falco
Flaminia
Known for
The Cosmos on the Commode
Sono solo fantasmi
Michele Botrugno
Bruno
Known for
I cassamortari
Alessandra Costanzo
Valeria
Known for
The Order
The Last Will Be the Last
Fabio Gomiero
Richetto
Also in
And Peace on Earth
Decameron
Matteo Botrugno Director · Daniele Coluccini Director Nuccio Siano Screenplay
Worldwide gross $157K · First release September 1, 2017 · Produced in Italy
Box office
Worldwide gross
$156,819
Production
Notorious Pictures
Production
Kimerafilm
Production
RAI
Production
Gekon Productions
Production
MiC
Production
Roma Lazio Film Commission
Production
Rai Cinema
Production
Italy
Produced in
Languages
Original title
Il contagio
Original language
Italian
Spoken on screen
Italian
Release dates
Italy · September 1, 2017
Premiere · Venice Film Festival
Italy · September 28, 2017
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
Russia
April 19, 2018 · Premiere · Moscow International Film Festival
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