Tainted Souls

Tainted Souls

Directed by Daniele Coluccini, Matteo Botrugno

Produced by Notorious Pictures, Kimerafilm

2017105 min5.9 / 10

A bleak, interconnected portrait of marginalized lives in Rome's suburbs, where crime, infidelity, and systemic corruption corrode relationships and dignity.

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.

Questions people ask

  • Is Tainted Souls sad? Yes, very. More sad than 96% of films.

  • Does Tainted Souls end with hope? No. Less hopeful than 91% of films.

  • Is Tainted Souls easy watching? Not especially. Less comforting than 74% of films.

  • Is Tainted Souls scary? Somewhat. More frightening than 67% of films.

  • Is Tainted Souls violent? Somewhat. More violent than 59% of films.

These describe how the film comes across, measured across the whole film and compared with other well-known films. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked scene by scene, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.

28/ 100

Cinnamon Score

How much this film gives you that nothing else will, and whether it delivers.

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Rarity49

How unlike any other film this one feels

Surprise20

How much more it delivers than it promises

Love20

How much audiences actually like it

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Like Tainted Souls

Nearest across the full emotional profile.

Same Mood as Tainted Souls

Nearest on what's most distinctive about this one.

Like Tainted Souls, But Darker

Similar, pushed toward heavier and more intense.

Like Tainted Souls, But Lighter

Similar, pushed toward warmer and easier.

Like Tainted Souls, But Less Popular

Same territory, far fewer people have seen it.

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