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Reel Suave (Free subscription) | 01/10/2008
It is a film directed by Matteo Garrone, based on the book by Roberto Saviano. The film deals with daily violence in the streets of Naples and Camorra. The protagonists are three young men living in a flat in Rome who themselves “interno 10”. The movie will be premiered in North America at the Toronto film Festival. The film depicts Italy’s modern day Camorra crime families. The film won the grand...
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Variety.com (Free subscription) | 25/09/2008
Film News: 'Gomorra,' 'Dream Weavers' top list of films -- Italy, China, Hong Kong, the Palestinian territories, Iceland, Colombia, Venezuela and the Czech Republic have unveiled their films for consideration in the Oscars' foreign-language category ahead of the Oct. 1 deadline.
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The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 24/09/2008
Rome - Gomorrah, a grim, violent portrayal of the Camorra - the Neapolitan version of the mafia - has been selected to represent Italy at next year's Academy Awards, Italy's film industry association ANICA said Wednesday. Directed by Matteo Garrone a...
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International Herald Tribune (Free subscription) | 24/09/2008
Italy's film board has chosen "Gomorra," director Matteo Garrone's study of the criminal underworld in Naples, as the country's hopeful for best foreign language film at the Academy Awards.
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Lessons of Darkness (Free subscription) | 05/09/2008
Delivering social-realism tension without once dipping its toes into mobster-glorification waters, Matteo Garrone’s Gomorrah – adapted from Roberto Saviano’s bestselling tome – is a tough, cynical, blistering fictionalized study of the Camorra crime organization that controls much of Naples (as...
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Variety.com (Free subscription) | 03/09/2008
Film News: 'Lake Tahoe,' 'Gogol' top L.A. festival -- The AFI Los Angeles International Film Festival has set a lineup of 15 films screening at this year's event, including the world premiere of documentary "Playing Columbine" and the North American premieres of "The Desert Within," "Gogol Brodello Non-stop" and "Lake Tahoe."
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Ansa (Free subscription) | 02/09/2008
Businessman 'opened dumps' to clan denounced by Saviano
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BBC News (Free subscription) | 02/09/2008
Italian author Roberto Saviano was forced into hiding following the revelations made about the mafia in his book, Gomorrah.
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Avuncular American (Free subscription) | 31/08/2008
Sometimes you wanna see a Mafia movie, right? You know, Danny Aiello, Marlon Brando, Robert De Niro, one of those films where there's an extended family, a don, some police corruption, a few shoot-outs, and a great soundtrack. You know...
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cellar door (Free subscription) | 22/08/2008
VICE just ran a fascinating interview with a guy named Roberto Saviano. He wrote an internationally best-selling book called Gomorrah , mixing a fictional story with a nonfictional investigation about the Camorra. From what I understand, it's the least talked-about and most dangerous Mafia in the world. "The Italian Mafia has a strong international appeal. Most of the world’s Mafias, besides maybe...
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France24 (Free subscription) | 13/08/2008
The Jury prize at Cannes this year went to Gomora, an Italian mob drama set in Naples. The film is based on the bestseller written by Roberto Saviano, who now needs police protection, and is directed by Matteo Garrone.
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Ansa (Free subscription) | 18/07/2008
Camorra dumped 'thousands' of tonnes of northern waste
