Baby
2018
Original language: Italian
- drama
The story
Fed up with their families and classmates, two teen girls from a wealthy part of Rome are drawn to the city's underworld and start leading double lives.
What it’s like
Glossy and restless, with sun-bleached Roman streets and privileged apartments lit in cool daylight that gives way to dim, smoky nightlife, bars and clubs tinted in pink and blue neon. Phone screens, messages and social feeds glow throughout, and the camera moves with a close, handheld energy that keeps you near its teenage leads. The soundtrack is contemporary Italian pop and hip-hop, used to drive scenes forward and set a feeling of brittle excitement. The vibe is glamour cut with unease, a polished surface over something rotting, suited to a late-night binge rather than a gentle evening. It moves briskly across episodes, and its arc follows two girls who grow hungrier for escape and then find the cost of it closing around them, with family pressure and class divisions weighing on every choice. Its intensity is high: sexual exploitation of minors is central, sex involving underage characters is shown, and there is frequent drug and alcohol use, with some violence and emotional cruelty. This is for viewers who want unflinching teen drama with moral weight, not comfort or escape.
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