gomorrah
Unclassified 18+
Matteo Garrone, 137 mins, Italy, 2008, 35mm. Italian with English subtitles. Courtesy Madman Entertainment
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Set in a cruel and ostensibly invented world, power and money are the 'values' that the residents of the province of Naples and Caserta confront every day. They have practically no choice, and are forced to obey the rules of the System, the Camorra. Only a lucky few can even think of leading a 'normal' life.
Based on the best selling book by Roberto Saviano - who now lives under police protection due to the Mafia's disapproval of his expose of their methods - Matteo Garrone's enthralling account of the dirty underbelly of Neopolitan crime deconstructs the hoary old gangster myths from Coppolla's Godfather trilogy and De Palma's Scarface back to the films of James Cagney and Paul Muni.
A welcome return to the greatness of Italian political cinema, Gomorrah captures the bleak, sun baked streets of Naples ripped by bullets and brutality, and investigates through a mosaic narrative how the Camorra has seeped into every aspect of Neopolitan life - from waste disposal to high fashion.
Gomorrah features in a special benefit screening to aid the Victorian Bushfire Appeal on Saturday 7 March, 2009. Details here
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