Gomorra, Film Poster
At the 2008 European Film Festival, in Sevilla, Spain, director Matteo Garrone’s film will be presented during the festival’s opening night.
The film, called “Gomorra”, is based on the book with the same name, written by the Italian journalist Roberto Saviano.
Underneath the fictional elements, the film shows the underworld of the Italian Mafia, and there is nothing pretty about it: no heroes, no pretty actors, nothing to hide the violence associated with this social phenomenon. The film shows reality as it is, and how the Camorra affects the lives of people living in Naples.
Garrone decided to make this film years ago, even before the book became a best-seller and even before the Camorra threatened to kill its author. He says the film is neither a critic, nor a praise. It just tells things as they are nowadays in Naples.
The film received the Grand Prix at the Cannes Festival and has been chosen to represent Italy at the Oscars, in the Best Foreign Language Film.
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This post was written by Dana Ciucalau on November 7, 2008
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