Il contagio (2017): Besetzung, Handlung & Streaming

Released in 2017, Il contagio is a drama film directed by Matteo Botrugno, running about 110 minutes.

What it’s about. 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.

Who’s in it. Il contagio stars Vinicio Marchioni as Marcello, Anna Foglietta as Chiara, Giulia Bevilacqua as Simona and Vincenzo Salemme as Walter, among others.

How it landed. With an audience score of 6.1/10, Il contagio has drawn a solid, mixed-to-positive response.

Where to watch. In USA you can rent or buy it from Amazon Video and Fandango At Home. See the full, country-by-country breakdown on our where to watch Il contagio page.

If you liked it. Fans of Il contagio tend to enjoy Die Verurteilten, Der Pate, Schindlers Liste and Der Pate - Teil II.