GOMORRA / GOMORRA
GOMORRA
Ou of Competition > Best of VFF
Film infoCountry | Italy | Year | 2008. |
Director | Matteo Garrone | Runtime | 135 |
Actors | Salvatore Abruzzese, Simone Sacchettino, Salvatore Ruocco |
CANNES FILM FESTIVAL 2008 - GRAND PRIX
FILMFEST MÜNCHEN 2008 – THE ARRI ZEISS AWARD
Based on the novel by Roberto Saviano, “Gomorra” follows 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…
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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