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Gomorrah (Gomorra in Italian) is a 2008 hyperlink crime film directed by Matteo Garrone, based on the book by Roberto Saviano. It deals with crime and the Camorra in Naples and Caserta.

Synopsis

The movie opens with the shootings of some gangsters whilst relaxing in a tanning salon.

The movie then intertwines five separate stories of Italians whose lives are touched by organized crime.

Don Ciro (Gianfelice Imparato) is a timid middleman, who distributes money to the families of imprisoned clan members. When making a delivery, he is ambushed by two angry clan members with an obvious grudge against their fellows; there is a feud within the clan. Wanting to save his own skin, he later offers to defect to their side. They explain to him their families were murdered by the clan and want retribution, and that they have no need for a money-carrier. Instead, Ciro leads them to the location where he is given the money for distribution. The pair raid the place, killing everyone but Ciro, and take the money. Ciro quietly walks off to an uncertain future.

Totò (Nicolo Manta) is a 13-year-old grocery delivery boy who observes some drug dealers ditching some drugs and a gun when running from the police. He returns the items to the gang, who take him in. His initation involves him being shot whilst wearing a bulletproof vest, as a test of courage. Sometime after joining, his family receives a warning to move out of the neighborhood or suffer violence; his fellow gang members received similar threats. Later, whilst hanging out with his gang in the streets, one of his gang is killed in a drive-by. The gang decides to stand their ground and exact violent retribution. They suspect a woman they know of divulging their activities and decide to kill her. Even though Toto doesn’t believe she was involved, he lures her out of her apartment, where his comrades gun her down.

Roberto (Carmine Paternoster) is a graduate who works in toxic waste management. His boss Franco (Toni Servillo) illegally dumps the waste on farmland. During an operation, a drum of toxic chemicals is accidentally spilt on a driver. His boss refuses to call an ambulance, and when the workers refuse to handle the waste, he instead hires children to drive the trucks. When his boss decides to increase his illegal dumping, he can no longer contain his disgust and quits.

Pasquale (Salvatore Cantalupo) is a haute couture tailor who takes a night-job training Chinese garment workers. Because they are competing with Camorra-controlled firms, the Chinese drive him to and from work in the trunk of their car. His secret work is discovered nonetheless, and on a ride home two gunmen on a scooter open fire on the car. He survives and leaves town, taking a job as a truck driver. At a truck stop, he sees Scarlett Johansson on TV wearing one of his dresses.

Marco (Marco Macor) and Ciro (Ciro Petrone) are two cocky wannabe gangsters who spy Camorra gangsters hiding a stash of weapons. They steal the weapons and amuse themselves by firing off rounds by the riverbank. One day, out of money, they use their guns to rob an arcade. They spend their money at a strip club, where the angry gangsters find them and threaten to kill them if they don’t return the weapons within a day. The pair prove stubborn, so one of the gangsters tries a different tactic: he approaches them in a bar with an offer of €10,000 if they return the weapons and conduct a murder. They accept the offer, which turns out to be a trap, as they are ambushed and killed at the location of their supposed target.

Directed by:     Matteo Garrone
Produced by: Domenico Procacci
Written by:
Matteo Garrone
Roberto Saviano
Maurizio Braucci
Ugo Chiti
Gianni Di Gregorio
Massimo Gaudioso
Starring: Nicolo Manta, Gianfelice Imparato
Music by Massive Attack
Cinematography Marco Onorato
Editing by Marco Spoletini
Release date(s) Feb 13, 2009
Running time     135 min.
Country Italy
Language: Italian, Neapolitan

Official website http://www.gomorrahmovie.co.uk

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