Gomorra

Original movie title:
GOMORRA
Country:        
Italija, 2008., 135’
Director:
Matteo Garrone
Cast:
Salvatore Abruzzese, Simone Sacchettino, Salvatore Ruocco

Awards:
Cannes Film Festival 2008 - Grand Prix
Filmfest München 2008 – Arri Zeiss Award

 

Summary:

Based on the novel by Roberto Saviano, ‘Gomorra’follows five separate stories through the slums and streets in the provinces near Naples. Don Ciro is the local clan bagman, dispensing payouts to families affiliated with the clan.

He's a civilized criminal, and the uncivilized times are beginning to wear on him. Marco and Ciro are young, dumb and eager to be independent criminals, heads full of dreams of glory and quotes from ’Scarface’.

Roberto finds a patronage position assisting Franco in toxic waste disposal, a lucrative business for the Camorra, especially as it involves poisoning the province's wide-open spaces and passing the savings on to their customers.

Totò is 13, and eager to take part in the community and opportunities offered by low-level drug dealing work. Pasquale works as a tailor, helping Camorra-linked businesses make couture knockoffs, and he's offered an opportunity that may leave him set for life or marked for death.

Biography

Director Matteo Garrone was born in Rome, in artistic family. In 1996 Garrone won the Sacher d'Oro, an award sponsored by Nanni Moretti, with the short film ‘Silhouette’, that became one of the three episodes that are on his first long film ‘Terra di mezzo’ in 1997. His 2004 title ‘Primo Amore’ was a Golden Bear Nominee (Best Film) and Golden Bear winner (Best Film music) at Berlin Film Festival.

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