Gomorrah
Gomorra
Italy
2008
137 Min
Color
2.35:1
French, Mandarin, Italian
Synopsis
Matteo Garrone’s Gomorrah is a stark, shocking vision of contemporary gangsterdom, and one of cinema’s most authentic depictions of organized crime. In this tour de force adaptation of undercover Italian reporter Roberto Saviano’s best-selling exposé of Naples’ Mafia underworld (known as the Camorra), Garrone links five disparate tales in which men and children are caught up in a corrupt system that extends from the housing projects to the world of haute couture. Filmed with an exquisite detachment interrupted by bursts of violence, Gomorrah is a shattering, socially engaged true-crime story from a major new voice in Italian cinema. —The Criterion Collection
Director
Matteo Garrone
Matteo Garrone is an Italian film maker. Born in Rome, the son of a theatre critic, Nico Garrone and a photographer, 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. He won Best Director at the European Film Awards and at the David di Donatello Awards for “Gomorrah”. —Wikipedia
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ΞRIC B∆D TASTΞ
25Nov11
a very good made dramatic movie... but i only can say: FUCK THIS FUCKING FALSE WORLD !!!
Charles Deckert
22Nov11
Compare to Abel Ferrara's "Napoli, Napoli, Napoli" (2009), the only other film I know of that touches on modern Italy's affliction.
Christopher Taylor
29Jul11
Certainly a film that paints a gritty picture. At times it does seem to lumber awkwardly, but between the cinematography and the matter of fact violence it manages to create a distinctly Italian and modern version of the mafia.
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By David Hudson on March 18, 2010
"Mid-August Lunch (2008) is an easy film to underrate," writes Steve Erickson for Artforum. "Its considerable charm lies on its surface;
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Gomorrah (Gomorra) Review
By Twitchfilm.com on May 17, 2011
There’s a line of text in the closing moments of Matteo Garrone’s Gomorrah (Gomorra in Italian) that states the Camorra crime families depicted in the film have contributed funds to the rebuilding of the
Gomorrah (Gomorra) Review
By Twitchfilm.net on July 17, 2010
There’s a line of text in the closing moments of Matteo Garrone’s Gomorrah (Gomorra in Italian) that states the Camorra crime families depicted in the film have contributed funds to the rebuilding of the
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Gomorrah
By Gino on December 13, 2011
This is an essay I wrote for my boyfriend to turn in and pull of as his own-
Plagiarism whaaddup read review
Réussi mais déçu
By hubertguillaud on April 20, 2010
Réussi mais déçu – 16/03/2009
Voilà un film que j’avais très envie de voir. Il est juste qu’il nous offre une superbe plongée dans l’Italie des petits et gros trafics, d’une manière assez ethnographique… read review
Genre-Busting Italian Gangsters: GAMORRAH
By Hunter Duesing on January 4, 2010
A seminal gangster movie. Matteo Garrone rejects Hollywood genre conventions in favor of a more Italian neo-realist approach, knocking gangster glamor on its ass, depicting mob life in Naples as a… read review
Behind The Power
By MostlyDead on December 28, 2009
To me, Gomorrah feels like an honest and fully detailed inside look at the life of the Italian mafia. I don’t think that they’re exaggerating anything except for the reality about what goes on in today’s… read review
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Greatest Gangster/Mafia Movies (Crime Genre Part 2)
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ANYONE ELSE DISAPPOINTED BY "GOMORRAH" CRITERION COVER?
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I'm going to become a filmmaker, because movies today are shit.
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