GOMORRAH
This film, taken from Roberto Saviano’s book, is a popular film in Italy and was the winner of Grand Prix in Cannes. The setting is set bleakly and impressively in dirty background to emphasize its gangster theme. The plot itself is set as no any police can be responsible to the transparent crimes being occurred in the story. In harmony with the crimes, the society in the story seems to support the gangster actions. This is not aimed to gain connection inviting characters empathy.
It has five different narrations that are gothically set. These are all about Cammora, a powerful mafia syndicate in Campania, and its capital city, Naples. Don Ciro (Gianfelice Imparato) is a mafia who distributes money to the jailed-mobs. Toto (Salvatore Abruzzese) a thirteen-year-old boy, found a gun and drugs thrown by the cops. Marco (Marco Macor) and Sweet Pea (Ciro Petrone) are the two boys who pretend as if they are the cool boys and act ala Scarface hoping to be important person in the gangster. Starring also Pasquale (Salvatore Cantapulo) a tailor producing artificial brand of products and Franco (Toni Servillo) and Roberto (Carmine Patermoster) are working for the waste.
Though it’s all about the way of how to get money through criminal way, the plot of the scenes is quite nipping to be followed. It has quite a long duration and pauses of each scene make it to be such a boring film. Nevertheless, Matteo Garrone, this film director, is consistent in creating the bleak nuance emphasizing the darkness of the gangster. Gomorrah is one of the Godfather ala The Soprano. It brings the viewers to use their own instincts of detective to get the mystery opened through the scene’s style. Fortunately, there’s no violence or art which is overly set. The effect of Cammora in relating each character is that the characters aren’t focused on their own roles. Along with its documentary nuance, this film proves that it is acceptable for its genre.
Casts : Salvatore Abruzzese, Gianfelice Imparato, Carmine Patermoster, Salvatore Cantalupo, Toni Servillo, marco Macor, Ciro Petrone
Director : Matteo Garrone
Script : Maurizio Braucci, Ugo Chiti, Giani Di Gregorio, Matteo Garrone, Massimo Gaudioso, and Roberto Saviano
Budget : $ 6 Million
Opening Weekend : $ 5.532 (per screen)
Duration : 137 Minutes
