Gomorrah

 
   
 
Director: Matteo Garrone
Screenplay: Maurizio Braucci, Ugo Chiti, Gianni Di Gregorio, Matteo Garrone, Massimo Gaudioso, Roberto Saviano, based on the novel Gomorrah by Roberto Saviano published by Mondadori
Photography: Marco Onorato
Sound: Daniela Bassani (sound editing), Maricetta Lombardo (direct sound recording)
Cast: Toni Servillo, Gianfelice Imparato, Maria Nazionale, Salvatore Cantalupo, Gigio Morra, Salvatore Abruzzese, Marco Macor, Ciro Petrone, Carmine Paternoster
Editing: Marco Spoletini
Production: Fandango in collaboration with RAI Cinema. Film made with the contribution of Ministero per i Beni e le Attività Culturali and in collaboration with Sky
International Distribution: IFC - 11, Penn Plaza, 15th floor, New York, NY 10001, fax 646-273-7250, kakalyka@ifcfilms.com, www.ifcfilms.com
Year: 2007. Running Time: 135’
 
Power, money and blood: in a world apparently imaginary but one which is deeply rooted in reality, these are the “values” that the residents of the Province of Naples and Caserta have to face every day. They hardly ever have a choice, and are almost always forced to obey the rules of the “system”, the Camorra. Only a lucky few can even think of leading a “normal” life. Gomorrah is a journey into the criminal business of the Camorra world. Five stories are intertwined in the narrative. In one of the most intriguing episodes, 13-year-old Toto (Salvatore Abruzzese) can’t wait to join one of the warring Camorra families in the neighborhood. Pushed to show his loyalty, he arranges for the killing of a woman on the block whom he had previously helped with food deliveries. Teenagers Marco (Marco Macor) and Ciro (Ciro Petrone), crazy about Brian De Palma mafia films, steal guns and break out on their own in a gun-shooting spree only to be eliminated by the mafia. Don Ciro (Gianfelice Imparato), a pay-runner to families with mafia members in jail, feels the sweat run down his back when the war between Camorra families escalates. Pasquale (Salvatore Cantalupo), a high fashion tailor who cannot resist a bribe from a Chinese underground operator, sees his new benefactor rubbed out before his eyes. Franco (Toni Servillo), a political manipulator, and Roberto (Carmine Paternoster), a young university graduate on his first job, don’t see eye-to-eye when the poor rural people become innocent victims of the Camorra’s waste-disposal scheme.


 
 

 


 
 
 


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

  

 

  

 

 
 
 

    
 

     
Matteo Garrone
Born in Rome on October 15, 1968, graduated from Art Lyceum in 1986, he worked as an assistant cameraman while devoting free time to painting. He made the decision to become a filmmaker in 1996, when his short Silhouette was awarded Nanni Moretti's Golden Sacher Award. The following year he founded his own production company, Archimede, and made his first feature length film Middle Ground, of which Silhouette was one of the three segments. The film was awarded the Special Jury Prize and the Cipputi Prize at the Torino Cinema Giovani Festival. In 1997, in New York, he shot the documentary Welcome Holy Spirit, about the Pentecostal Movement. In 1998, he was in Naples to shoot the documentary Oreste Pipolo, Marriage Photographer, and the same year he made his second feature film Guests awarded the Best Film prize at Venice and Valencia International Film Festivals. The film received special prizes also at Angers Festival and Kodak Award at Messina Festival. Roman Summer (2000), his third feature film was in the official selection of Venice International Film Festival. With The Embalmer (2002), which was presented in Directors Fotnight at the 55th Cannes Film Festival to positive critical reviews, Garrone won multiple awards, including two David di Donatello Awards for Best Screenplay and Best Supporting Actor, the Nastro d'Argento award for Best Editing, the Golden Ciak for Best Editing and the Fellini Prize for Best Producer, Best Screenplay, Best Photography and Best Distribution. The same film was given the Special Jury Prize ar the Pasolini Award. In 2005 his film First Love won a number of awards for its extraordinary sountrack at the Berlin Film Festival, The Nastro d’Argento and the David di Donatello. His most recent film, Gomorrah, based on Roberto Saviano’s non-fiction best seller, received the Grand Jury Prize at the Cannes Film Festival in 2008.