Gomorrah (2 Disc Set)
Based on Roberto Saviano's Best-Selling Exposé of the Naples Mafia.
Power, money and blood: these are the ‘values’ that the residents of the province of Naples and Caserta confront every day. They have practically no choice, and are forced to obey the rules of the ‘System’, the Camorra. Only a lucky few can even think of a leading a ‘normal’ life.
Five stories are woven together in this violent scenario, set in a cruel and ostensibly invented world, but one that is deeply rooted in reality.
Don Ciro is “il sottomarino”. He pays the families of the prisoners that are affiliated with his clan, a clan that has the undisputed command of the territory. He is sharp, discreet and carries out his job without getting involved. But at a certain point the clan begins to crumble. Unsure who to take orders from, he has to worry about his own survival.
Totò is 13 years old and can't wait to “grow up”. So he begins his training in the school of life, one step at a time, until one day he has to make a decision, an irreversible choice.
Special Features:
- Interview with director Matteo Garrone by David Stratton from ABC1's At The Movies
- Deleted Scenes
- 5 STORIES: a 60-minute making-of documentary
- Interview with author Roberto Saviano
- Cast interviews
- Theatrical trailer
Critic Reviews:
- " We don't get to know the characters, exactly, but we experience something more interesting: we are brought into disconcerting, almost documentary proximity with the lives they lead and the worlds they inhabit. " – Philippa Hawker
- " Gomorra has its own nerve, as well as the filmmaking intelligence to strip the cliches from its densely packed, authentically inhabited narrative. The new moviegoing year just got one hell of a jolt. " – Michael Phillips
- " An intensive and exhausting study of organised crime, Gomorrah holds back on the glamour and goes full-bore with the graft. " – Leigh Paatsch