Italy,
2008, 137 min
(Director's cut: 120 min)
Directed by:
Matteo GarroneCinematography:
Marco OnoratoCast:
Salvatore Abruzzese, Simone Sacchettino, Toni Servillo, Ernesto Mahieux, Alfonso Santagata, Salvatore Cantalupo, Salvatore Striano, Salvatore Ruocco (more)VOD (1)
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Matteo Garrone's Gomorrah is a stark, shocking vision of contemporary gangsterdom, and one of cinema's most authentic depictions of organized crime. In this tour de force adaptation of undercover Italian reporter Roberto Saviano's best-selling exposé of Naples' Mafia underworld (known as the Camorra), Garrone links five disparate tales in which men and children are caught up in a corrupt system that extends from the housing projects to the world of haute couture. Filmed with an exquisite detachment interrupted by bursts of violence, Gomorrah is a shattering, socially engaged true-crime story from a major new voice in Italian cinema. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Awards
- Winner
- Nominations
Independent Spirit Awards
- 2009 - Matteo Garrone (Best International Film)
British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA)
- 2009 - Best Film not in the English Language
British Independent Film Awards (BIFA)
- 2008 - Best Foreign Independent
European Film Awards
- 2008 - Matteo Garrone (Best Film)
- 2008 - Matteo Garrone (Best Director)
- 2008 - Toni Servillo (Best Actor)
- 2008 - Gianni Di Gregorio, Massimo Gaudioso, Matteo Garrone, Maurizio Braucci, Roberto Saviano, Ugo Chiti (Best Screenwriter)
- 2008 - Marco Onorato (Best Cinematographer)
César Awards
- 2009 - Best Foreign Film
Robert Awards (Danish Film Awards)
- 2009 - Matteo Garrone (Best Non-American Film)
Golden Globes
- 2009 - Best Motion Picture – Foreign Language
Critics Choice Awards
- 2009 - Best Foreign Language Film
Cannes Film Festival
- 2008 - Matteo Garrone (Grand Prize)
- 2008 - Matteo Garrone (Golden Palm - Official Competition)