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A most excellent film that depicts the realities of lives of various ranks of mafioso - in this case, the Camorra, a criminal organization based in the southern

A most excellent film that depicts the realities of lives of various ranks of mafioso - in this case, the Camorra, a criminal organization based in the southern Italian region of Campania - is Matteo Garrone's Gomorrah (2008)[1], based on the eponymous book by Roberto Saviano. The Camorra bosses swiftly ordered his death and Saviano even contemplated fleeing Italy, thereafter. Later he sued the very same crime bosses.[2] [1] Here's the Criterion trailer for the film http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gwgKIpvLrCs http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gwgKIpvLrCs [2] http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/antimafia-campaigner-roberto-saviano-sues-gangsters-who-ordered-his-death-8406282.html http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/antimafia-cam...

avemg 12y ago
This article was written by Roberto Saviano.
- wozniacki 12y ago
  Oh. I missed that part. But don't miss a chance to watch the film. Its on Hulu Plus. Although its mostly pretty bleak, the film lays bare the impressive reach of the Camorra. From waste management to high fashion !
dbcooper 12y ago
Saviano also adapted it as a high quality TV show, Gamorra. Worth watching. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2049116/ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2049116/ The Weinstein Company has acquired the US rights. http://deadline.com/2014/04/weinstein-co-acquires-crime-drama-series-gomorra-711455/ http://deadline.com/2014/04/weinstein-co-acquires-crime-dram...
jstalin 12y ago
I enjoyed this film, but I recall that at the end it somehow, bizarrely, tried to connect the Camorra with the 9/11 terror attacks.
- Snail_Commando 12y ago
  IIRC, what you are referring to is in the text-epilogue/credits of the film. It said something along the lines of 'the Camorra even invested in the reconstruction of the Twin Towers.' Agreed that it was a somewhat bizarre 2-3 seconds of information. But I don't remember the film explicitly connecting them (or insinuating connection) to the attacks, just the reconstruction investment. It's excellent otherwise. Especially in that it doesn't romanticize "the lifestyle"; which is a rubbish cliché, endemic in many criminal enterprise films. Other films that I think are successful in this sense are: "City of God" (Portuguese title: "Cidade de Deus") and "Maria Full of Grace" (Spanish title: "María llena eres de gracia").

avemg 12y ago

This article was written by Roberto Saviano.

wozniacki 12y ago
Oh. I missed that part. But don't miss a chance to watch the film. Its on Hulu Plus. Although its mostly pretty bleak, the film lays bare the impressive reach of the Camorra. From waste management to high fashion !

dbcooper 12y ago

Saviano also adapted it as a high quality TV show, Gamorra. Worth watching. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2049116/ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2049116/ The Weinstein Company has acquired the US rights. http://deadline.com/2014/04/weinstein-co-acquires-crime-drama-series-gomorra-711455/ http://deadline.com/2014/04/weinstein-co-acquires-crime-dram...

jstalin 12y ago

I enjoyed this film, but I recall that at the end it somehow, bizarrely, tried to connect the Camorra with the 9/11 terror attacks.

Snail_Commando 12y ago
IIRC, what you are referring to is in the text-epilogue/credits of the film. It said something along the lines of 'the Camorra even invested in the reconstruction of the Twin Towers.' Agreed that it was a somewhat bizarre 2-3 seconds of information. But I don't remember the film explicitly connecting them (or insinuating connection) to the attacks, just the reconstruction investment. It's excellent otherwise. Especially in that it doesn't romanticize "the lifestyle"; which is a rubbish cliché, endemic in many criminal enterprise films. Other films that I think are successful in this sense are: "City of God" (Portuguese title: "Cidade de Deus") and "Maria Full of Grace" (Spanish title: "María llena eres de gracia").