Gomorrah

NR 7
2008 2 hr 16 min Drama , Crime

An inside look at Italy's modern-day crime families, the Camorra in Naples and Caserta. Based on a book by Roberto Saviano. Power, money and blood: these are the "values" that the residents of the Province of Naples and Caserta have to face every day. They hardly ever have a choice and are forced to obey the rules of the Camorra. Only a lucky few can even think of leading a normal life.

  • Cast:
    Toni Servillo , Gianfelice Imparato , Maria Nazionale , Salvatore Cantalupo , Gigio Morra , Marco Macor , Salvatore Abruzzese

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Reviews

Hellen
2008/05/16

I like the storyline of this show,it attract me so much

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Evengyny
2008/05/17

Thanks for the memories!

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Listonixio
2008/05/18

Fresh and Exciting

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Beanbioca
2008/05/19

As Good As It Gets

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ndamiano-22340
2008/05/20

What a great series gets better each season Shows how the son tries to lead the family business his way

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blumdeluxe
2008/05/21

"Gomorra" tells the story of an Italian town, where more or less everybody is in some way connected or affected by the criminal actions of the large mafia families and clans that control the economy and politics, the wealth and the lives of many average citizens. It shows the topic through different perspectives, the one of younger ones trying to adopt as well as the one of people for whom this lifestyle has long ago become normality.There's no such thing as a main character in this movie, rather it tries to enable an understanding for the topic by making the audience familiar with the very individual reasons for becomig a part of the system. The production looks professional, the acting is convincing and all in all the film manages to avoid the all too familiar iconic Images with which the mafia is regularly described in especially American movies. Because there is no-one to follow around, in the end the thrill is maybe missing a bit because there's not a seperated plot to follow. However you get a sense for how the clans can work so well in this particular region and why not taking part in them can be both tough and dangerous.All in all a more realistic and sensitive mafia movie, that avoids just copying the godfather and takes a more sociological point of view. Not necessarily something for fans of gun fights and heroic clan families, more something for people who want to explore the functionalism of the mafia.

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billcr12
2008/05/22

The Godfather is the standard by which all Mafia movies are compared. No Marlon Brando to carry Gomorra, and so it turns out just another slightly better then average gangster film.The Gomorra is a clan within the traditional mob, based in southern Italy, and their reputation for brutality is legendary. It starts at a tanning salon with some bloody shootings, and escalates into a war between Mafia families, as is usually the case. The highlight for me was Marco and Ciro, two teenage boys who decide to run their own racket, without permission from the real guys. They quote lines from Scarface, each emulating Tony Montana. This turns out to be a big mistake, with tragic consequences. Gomorra is good, but it just does not measure up to Coppola's masterpiece of the genre, but the characters are interesting enough to recommend it

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Cosmoeticadotcom
2008/05/23

here is a difference between realistic films, such as those made by John Cassavetes, and cinema verité, or films that try to approximate realism. Realistic films know they are fiction, but nonetheless mimic reality for the sake of art, whereas cinema verité attempts to fool viewers into thinking it is real. Matteo Garrone's 2008, 137 minute long gangster film, Gomorrah (Gomorra), is the latter sort of film, and in its attempt at fooling the viewer lays bare its artifice, as well as its essential failure, insofar as making any claims on greatness. This is not to say it is a bad film, just not a great one. It is a good film, with interesting moments, but far too often the film's multiple characters and stories are wanly sketched and inspire no care, much less recognition, and the action unfolds in a wholly anomic manner. In fact, little of it actually unfolds, and this lack of action; real action, inner action- not bang bang action- makes the film, at its worst, quite boring. Some critics have attempted to call the film Neo-Neo-Realism, but this isn't apt. Nor are the claims that this is a Mafia film. It's not. In fact, it's a Camorra film, and the Italian Camorra (the play on words, with the rhyming Gomorrah, is as forced as it is heavyhanded), based in Naples, is different from the Sicilian-based Mafia, in that, whereas the Mob, and most other organized criminal groups operate in the hierarchical vertical structure of a Family, the Camorra operates in a more horizontal, cell like structure. The Camorra, therefore, has more in common with terrorist groups, such as Al Quaida, in that it centers less power with individuals. But, none of this trivia matters to the film- although many bad critics love to trumpet the factoids they gleaned from press releases or a good Google search as if that made up for the film's lack.

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