Gomorrah

2008 Drama

Adapted from Roberto Saviano's controversial non-fiction book, Matteo Garrone's crime drama Gomorrah examines how organized crime reaches deep into every facet of life in Naples, Italy by telling the tale of over a dozen different characters. Among the main protagonists is a pair of wannabe thugs who take their cue from movie gangsters, a grocery-delivery boy who must learn to kill, and a criminal mastermind who plots to make a fortune while dumping toxic waste near overpopulated communities.

Director: Matteo Garrone

Starring: Salvatore Cantalupo, Gianfelice Imparato, Maria Nazionale, Toni Servillo, Gigio Morra

 30 Reviews  22 Awards

Reviews

  • Gomorrah looks grimy and sullen, and has no heroes, only victims. That is its power.

    Roger Ebert - The Chicago Sun-Times

    27 May 2013

  • Naples-born Servillo is a national star, famed as a theater, opera, and film director as well as an actor. And he's got the face of a mensch (or a Madoff) -- which makes his embodiment of criminal banality all the more identifiable, as well as horrifying.

    Lisa Schwarzbaum - Entertainment Weekly

    27 May 2013

  • This is a vision of hell conveyed in a simple, documentary style, far removed from the sumptuous American Mafia fables.

    Walter Addiego - The San Francisco Chronicle

    27 May 2013

  • Both a staggering realist thriller and a jeremiad.

    Wesley Morris - The Boston Globe

    27 May 2013

  • Powerful, stripped to its very essence and featuring a spectacular cast (of mostly non-professionals), Matteo Garrone's sixth feature film Gomorra goes beyond Tarrantino's gratuitous violence and even Scorsese's Hollywood sensibility in depicting the everyday reality of organized crime's foot soldiers.

    - The Hollywood Reporter

    27 May 2013

Awards

  • Best Foreign Film, Not in the Spanish Language (Mejor Película Extranjera)

    Argentinean Film Critics Association Awards (2010)

     

  • Best Film Not in the English Language

    BAFTA Awards (2009)

     

  • Best Non-American Film (Bedste ikke-amerikanske film)

    Bodil Awards (2009)

     

  • Best Foreign Independent Film

    British Independent Film Awards (2008)

     

  • Best Foreign Language Film

    Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards (2009)

     

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