Gomorrah
To introduce the cycle, a lecture by a Mafia historian sets the tone. How does cinema relate to a certain Mafia mythology ? To what degree does it detach itself from it, or portray it in its most complex and troubled aspects ? The answer in fourteen films.
Grand prix, Cannes Film Festival 2008
Adapted from Roberto Saviano's novel of the same name, Gomorra presents five interwoven stories that reveal the sprawling influence of the Comorra, an Italian mafia organization, in the provinces of Naples and Caserta. Shot in a feverish style, the film immerses viewers in the bloodthirsty violence of a lawless mafia.
Matteo Garrone
Matteo Garrone (born 15 October 1968) is an Italian filmmaker. 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 feature, Terra di Mezzo in 1997.
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