Gomorrah (2008) Gomorra (original title)

Director:

Matteo Garrone

Writers:

Roberto Saviano (book)
Maurizio Braucci (screenplay) ...
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Release Date:

16 May 2008 (Italy)

Genre:

Crime | Drama

Plot:

An inside look at Italy's modern-day crime families.

Plot Keywords:

Italy | Five Stories | Criminal | Mafia | Camorra

Awards:

Nominated for Golden Globe. Another 23 wins & 21 nominations

Cast

Salvatore Abruzzese	...	Totò
Simone Sacchettino	...	Simone
Salvatore Ruocco	...	Boxer
Vincenzo Fabricino	...	Pitbull
Vincenzo Altamura	...	Gaetano (as Gaetano Altamura)
Italo Renda	...	Italo
Francesco Pirozzi	...	Michele
Antonio Aiello	...	Farrel
Vincenzo Caso	...	Enzo
Anna Sarnelli	...	Totò's mother
Salvatore Russo	...	O'Lungo
Antonio Spina	...	O'Zi Bi
Francesco Paesano	...	O'Chiatto
Marco Stanchi	...	Killer in tanning salon
Armando Irace	...	Killer in tanning salon
Lucia Cerullo	...	Woman in tanning salon
Leonardo Caforio	...	Gigante
Dora Angelone	...	Maria's friend
Angelo Aliberti	...	Man in quarry
Luigi Caputo	...	Luigi
Gabriele Rainone	...	Policeman
Anna Liparulo	...	Neighborhood Girl
Giuseppina Cervizzi	...	Neighborhood Girl
Antonietta Restelli	...	Neighborhood Girl
Rosa Granato	...	Neighborhood Girl
Antonio Amato	...	Totò's friend
Antonio Bastelli	...	Totò's friend
Domenico Caruso	...	Totò's friend
Fabio Corvietto	...	Totò's friend
Gaetano di Tota	...	Totò's friend
Gianfelice Imparato	...	Don Ciro
Maria Nazionale	...	Maria
Salvatore Striano	...	Scissionista
Carlo Del Sorbo	...	Don Carlo (as Carlo del Sorbo)
Vincenzo Bombolo	...	Bombolone
Salvatore Troie	...	Cashier
Rosaria Capuozzo	...	Cashier
Addolorata Tenizio	...	Widow
Andrea Mincione	...	Ex-serviceman
Claudio De Lucia	...	Palo
Toni Servillo	...	Franco
Carmine Paternoster	...	Roberto
Alfonso Santagata	...	Dante
Massimo Emilio Gobbi	...	Entrepreneur
Salvatore Caruso	...	Quarry director
Antonio D'Angelo	...	Baron
Roberto Comacchio	...	Trucker
Salvatore Lorino	...	Wounded trucker
Ibrahim Yacoubou	...	Captain
Fortunato Cerlino	...	Farmer's son
Enza Castaldo	...	Farmer's daughter
Denis Bajrami	...	Kid driving truck
Gianni Jasar	...	Kid driving truck
Bjaran Memed	...	Kid driving truck
Tetik Nesim	...	Kid driving truck
Italo Celoro	...	Farmer
Salvatore Cantalupo	...	Pasquale
Gigio Morra	...	Iavarone
Ronghua Zhang	...	Xian (as Zhang Ronghua)
Emanuela Villagrossi	...	Northern entrepreneur
Manuela Lo Sicco	...	Pasquale's Wife
Ettore Cuocolo	...	Accountant
Riccardo Zinna	...	Entrepreneur
Maria De Fortis Nadi	...	Serena
Linhe Zheng	...	Interpreter
Guoquine Long	...	Long (as Long Guoqine)
Ciro Petrone	...	Ciro
Marco Macor	...	Marco
Giovanni Venosa	...	Giovanni
Vittorio Russo	...	Vittorio
Bernardino Terracciano	...	Bernardino
Costantino Migliaccio	...	Gang member
Marcello D'Angelo	...	Gang member
Santolo Matrone	...	Gang member
Tommy Terracciano	...	Night club cashier
Giuseppe Terracciano	...	Killer at the beach
Adolfo Crisato	...	Killer at the beach
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Alda D'Eusanio	...	Herself (voice) (archive sound) (uncredited)

Directed by
Matteo Garrone

Writing credits
Roberto Saviano		(book)
Maurizio Braucci		(screenplay) &
Ugo Chiti		(screenplay) &
Gianni Di Gregorio		(screenplay) &
Matteo Garrone		(screenplay) &
Massimo Gaudioso		(screenplay) &
Roberto Saviano		(screenplay)

Produced by
Laura Paolucci	....	production delegate
Domenico Procacci	....	producer

Cinematography by
Marco Onorato

Film Editing by
Marco Spoletini

Casting by
Costanza Boccardi
Alessandra Tutolo

Production Design by
Paolo Bonfini

Costume Design by
Alessandra Cardini

Makeup Department
Alessandro Bertolazzi	....	makeup designer
Dalia Colli	....	makeup artist
Daniela Tartari	....	hair stylist

Production Management
Gianluca Chiaretti	....	production manager
Gianni Di Prisco	....	assistant unit manager
Valerio Palusci	....	unit production manager
Michela Rossi	....	production director
Claudio Zampetti	....	production supervisor

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Andrea Tagliaferri	....	assistant director
Gianluigi Toccafondo	....	first assistant director (as Gian Luigi Toccafondo)

Art Department
Gianni Cuorvo	....	props
Luca De Stefano	....	props
Gennaro Gallo	....	props
Alberto Landolfi	....	props
Paola Peraro	....	assistant production designer
Fabrizio Petito	....	props
Sergio Vitolo	....	props
Blazej Wasiak	....	property master (as Wasiak Blazej Przemysl)

Sound Department
Daniela Bassani	....	sound editor
Jocelyn Caron	....	adr and foley recordist
Christopher Eakins	....	sound effects editor
Andrea Fiorentini	....	sound master
Guy Francoeur	....	foley artist
Maricetta Lombardo	....	sound
Luca Novelli	....	boom operator
Gabriel J. Serrano	....	sound recordist
Leslie Shatz	....	sound designer
Leslie Shatz	....	sound mixer

Visual Effects by
Fabrizio Cucinotta	....	film scanner and recorder operator: efilm

Stunts
Daniele Nguyen	....	stunts

Camera and Electrical Department
Maurizio Augelli	....	generator operator
Davide Bartoletti	....	grip
Maurizio Broglio	....	electrician
Vincenzo Busiello	....	electrician
Fabio Clemente	....	key grip
Italo Clemente	....	grip
Antonio Cuomo	....	assistant electrician
Jonata d'Aria	....	assistant electrician
Regine de Lazarris	....	assistant camera (as Regine De Lazzaris)
Massimo Dechellis	....	electrician (as Massimo De Chellis)
Matteo Garrone	....	camera operator
Eleonora Patriarca	....	first assistant camera
Marco Perfetti	....	grip
Euglen Sota	....	video assist
Mario Spada	....	still photographer
Marcello Tallone	....	chief electrician
Piergiorgio Grande	....	video assist (uncredited)

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Giovanni Addante	....	assistant costume designer
Rachele Borriello	....	dress maker

Editorial Department
Mario Cinotti	....	assistant editor
Angelo Francavilla	....	color technician
Giovanni Guardi	....	post-production coordinator
Carlo Macagni	....	technical editor
Alessandro Pagnini	....	technical supervisor
Antonio Salvatori	....	color technician
Giuliana Sarli	....	assistant editor
Monica Verzolini	....	post-production
Neri Nazzareno	....	final colorist (uncredited)
Daniela Sarli	....	assistant editor (uncredited)

Music Department
Giovanni Guardi	....	music supervisor

Other crew
Antonio Altea	....	accountant
Gennaro Aquino	....	location manager
Adelina Arcidiaco	....	production coordinator
Barbara Balsamo	....	advisor: documents
Luigi Busiello	....	production secretary
Vincenzo Busiello	....	production secretary
Melania Cacucci	....	backstage
Tatiana Caratelli	....	administration
Manuela Cavallari	....	press office: collaborator
Marinella Di Rosa	....	press office: collaborator
Gaetano di Vaio	....	production secretary
Adele Gallo	....	crowd marshall
Paolo Giulietti	....	administrator
Camillo Leporati	....	set technician
Francesco Melis	....	production secretary
Simona Morgantini	....	administrator
Bianca Manuela Nesi	....	administrator
Massimiliano Pacifico	....	crowd marshall
Barbara Pierro	....	young actors supervisor
Michele Quartullo	....	set technician
Tarek Ricci	....	set technician
Francesco Ruggiero	....	production secretary
Francesca Santi	....	continuity
Martin Scorsese	....	presenter: USA release
Daniela Staffa	....	press office
Elio Terribili	....	set technician

Thanks
Nino D'Angelo	....	special thanks

Production Companies

• Fandango
• Rai Cinema (in collaboration with)
• Sky (in collaboration with)
• Ministero per i Beni e le Attività Culturali (MiBAC) (support)
• Programme MEDIA de la Communauté Européenne (developed with the support of)

Distributors

• 01 Distribuzione (2008) (Italy) (theatrical)
• ABC Distribution (2009) (Belgium) (theatrical)
• ABC Distribution (2009) (Luxembourg) (theatrical)
• ABC Distribution (2009) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
• AFS Film (2009) (Turkey) (theatrical)
• Alfa Films (2009) (Argentina) (theatrical)
• Alfa Films (2009) (Chile) (theatrical)
• Alfa Films (2009) (Paraguay) (theatrical)
• Alfa Films (2009) (Uruguay) (theatrical)
• Alta Classics (2009) (Spain) (theatrical)
• Asociace Ceských Filmových Klubu (ACFK) (2009) (Czech Republic) (theatrical) (subtitled)
• Babilla Ciné (2009) (Colombia) (theatrical)
• Cathay-Keris Films (2009) (Singapore) (theatrical)
• Cinema Mondo (2009) (Finland) (theatrical)
• Cinemien (2009) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
• Eco Films (2009) (Portugal) (theatrical)
• Filmcoopi Zürich (2009) (Switzerland) (theatrical)
• Filmtrade (2009) (Greece) (theatrical)
• IFC Films (2008) (USA) (theatrical)
• Japan Community Cinema Center (2011) (Japan) (theatrical) (in association with)
• Kinokuniya (2011) (Japan) (theatrical)
• Le Pacte (2008) (France) (theatrical)
• Maywin Media (2009) (Russia) (theatrical)
• Mermaid Film (2011) (Japan) (theatrical)
• NonStop Entertainment (2009) (Denmark) (theatrical)
• NonStop Entertainment (2009) (Iceland) (theatrical)
• NonStop Entertainment (2009) (Norway) (theatrical)
• NonStop Entertainment (2009) (Sweden) (theatrical)
• Optimum Releasing (2008) (UK) (theatrical)
• Orlando Films (2009) (Israel) (theatrical)
• Prokino Filmverleih (2008) (Austria) (theatrical)
• Prokino Filmverleih (2008) (Germany) (theatrical)
• Seville Pictures (2009) (Canada) (theatrical)
• Syrena Films (2009) (Poland) (theatrical)
• 01 Distribuzione (2008) (Italy) (DVD)
• Canana Films (2009) (Mexico) (all media)
• Criterion Collection, The (2009) (USA) (DVD)
• Criterion Collection, The (2009) (USA) (DVD) (Blu-ray)
• Discovery Film & Video Distribution (2009) (Croatia) (all media)
• E1 Entertainment (2009) (Canada) (DVD)
• Front Row Filmed Entertainment (2009) (United Arab Emirates) (all media) (Middle East)
• Homescreen (2009) (Belgium) (DVD)
• Homescreen (2009) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• Madman Entertainment (2009) (Australia) (all media)
• NonStop Entertainment (2008) (Sweden) (all media) (Scandinavia)
• Pan Vision Oy (2009) (Finland) (DVD) (Blu-ray)
• Transeuropa Video Entertainment (TVE) (2009) (Argentina) (DVD)

Special Effects

• Ricci (special effects)

Other Companies

• 01 Distribuzione  press office
• Assessorato al Patrimonio e al Demanio del Comune di Napoli  thanks
• Assessorato alle Politiche della Mobilità Urbana del Comune di Napoli  thanks
• Bar tavola calda Edoardo Angeloni  catering
• C.S. Cinematografica Stiffi Roma  drivers provided by
• Campania Film Commission  thanks
• Casa Editrice Mondadori  book published in Italy (as Arnoldo Mondadori Editore)
• Cinema Service  young actors' management
• Cinesicurtà  insurance consultant
• Comune di Napoli  thanks
• Europcar Italia  car rent
• Farrar, Strauss & Giraux  book published in the U.S.
• Framinia di Nicoletti Nicola & C.  safety
• Michelaelite  costumes
• Ombre Elettriche  subtitles
• Panalight  camera equipment provided by
• Penta Studio  titles
• Petrazzi Team  stunts
• Polizia Locale di Napoli  thanks
• R.E.C.  lighting equipment
• Radiotelevisione Italiana (RAI)  thanks
• S.A.M.  AVID system
• Soundtrack  trailer
• Studio Legali Ponti-De Sanctis & Partners  legal consulting (as Pont De Sanctis & Partners Studio Legale)
• T.&D. S.a.s. Angeloni Concetta & C. Napoli  drivers provided by
• Teatri Uniti  casting
• Technicolor Sound Services Roma  sound post-production
• Technicolor  release printing
• Technicolor  post-production facilities
• Wildfire Studios  sound post-production
• Wildfire Studios  sound re-recording

Also Known As:

"Gomorra" - Italy (original title)

Runtime:

137 min

Country:

Italy

Language:

Neapolitan | Italian | Mandarin | French

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Italy:T | UK:15 | Ireland:16 | Portugal:M/16 | Canada:14A (Alberta/British Columbia/Manitoba/Ontario) | Norway:15 | Brazil:18 | Finland:K-15 | Sweden:15 | Netherlands:16 | Spain:18 | Canada:13+ (Quebec) | Argentina:16 | USA:Not Rated | Hong Kong:III | Singapore:M18 | New Zealand:R16 | Mexico:C | France:U (with warning) | Australia:M | Germany:16

Filming Locations:

Naples, Campania, Italy

Company:

Fandango

Trivia:

Won the Grand Prix at the 61st Annual Cannes Film Festival, 2008

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: At the beginning of the movie you can clearly see the character named "Amerigo" (America) belly moving, when his dead body remains on the chair, where he has been having his nails cut.

Movie Connections:

Featured in "De wereld draait door: Episode #4.31" (2008)

Soundtrack:

I Feel the Love (Fratty and Stay Free Radio Mix)

Gangster film European style

yes agree with all of the above comments. Not much to add except the film clearly references several earlier Italian masterpieces. Rocco and His Brothers for one, Paisa for another. I love the way this film strips away the glamour which characterizes Hollywood gangster films to reveal the degraded, degenerate and putrid reality of the criminal world. The people most affected by crime are those at the bottom living on sink estates like the one depicted, with an ineffectual police content to contain the situation in the ghettos. There's a really telling scene where a young graduate, drawn in to a criminal conspiracy of illegal disposal of toxic waste, decides hes had enough. His boss tells him to dump a box of peaches grown on toxic land, 'can t you smell them' ... the way the fruit contrasts with the shiny, flashy big SUV this guy drives. Our knowledge as the audience of what hes been up to, signing off a container of toxic waste to the African captain of a container ship as 'humanitarian aid...' This sort of symbolism elevates the film to the level of the great Italian masterpieces of cinema. Peaches, fruit, food is such a staple of Italian culture. Perfect looking peaches which are grown on toxic land become a metaphor for Italy itself. The measured pace certainly wont be for everyone, five people walked out the multiplex where I watched it. This is the thinking persons gangster movie. You need to work at it. The violence is shocking for its matter of factness whats most disturbing is how human life and dignity have become utterly ... I dunno I m searching for words here. Trivial? Trivial isn't the right word. Its more complete and utter degradation. Human life here has lost all dignity. When someones killed its in almost documentary fashion. Conventions of the gangster genre are discarded instead its shocking in its suddenness and sheer banality. Two obese, sweaty men in bermuda shorts despatch a pair of coked up boys whove been making a nuisance of themselves. Human life here has no value and for me this masterpiece of cinema articulates my belief we are at the beginning of the end of Western civilisation. Appropriate coming from the country which gave us Michelangelo, Caravaggio, and Silvio Berlusconi...