Their appeal is long-standing, fromFrancis Ford Coppola’sGodfathertoMartin Scorsese’s Oscar-winning filmThe Irishman.
What Is Gomorrah About?
The film opens with Don Ciro (Gianfelice Imparato) a mafia middle man who distributes their illicit cash.
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They made ‘The Godfather’s cast and crew an offer they quite literally could not refuse.
Each subsequent arc, like that of thirteen-year-old Toto (Salvatore Abruzzese), tells a similar tale.
The boy finds a bag of guns and drugs and returns it to the gang.
Gomorrah is a gritty exploration of the Neapolitan crime syndicate known as the Camorra, depicting the pervasive impact of organized crime on various individuals and communities in Naples. The film presents interwoven narratives illustrating the destructive influence of the mafia on economy and society, reflecting its harsh realities.
If you want to be a gangster, you’re going to have to get right with guns.
How Is the Movie Different From the Book?
At the time, two rival mafia gangs were fighting over territory and the body count was astounding.
I got to know the workers in industries run by the Camorra.
I got to know the messengers, the look-outs who worked for the clan."
He describes the sobering event in The Guardian,“someone left a leaflet in my mothers postbox.
I was living in Naples, but she was still in Caserta.
It showed a photograph of me, with a pistol to my head, and the word Condemned.”
Did Matteo Garrone Cast Real Mobsters in Gomorrah?
But the mafia’s reach didn’t end there because it never does.
This only reinforces Saviano’s point that the mafia is a corrupting influence on Italian society.
Gomorrahis available to stream on Prime Video in the U.S.
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