Matteo Garrone

GomorrahRunning time 137 minutes Written by Maurizio Braucci, Ugo Chiti, Gianni Di Gregorio, Matteo Garrone, Massimo Gaudioso, Roberto Saviano Directed by Matteo Garrone Starring Salvatore Abruzzese, Simone Sacchettina, Gianfelice Imparato, Salvatore Cantalupo, Toni Servillo, Marco Macor, Ciro Petrone Matteo Garrone’s Gomorrah, from a screenplay by Maurizio Braucci, Ugo Chiti, Gianni Di Gregorio, Mr. Garrone, Massimo Gaudioso and Roberto Saviano (in Italian with English subtitles), is based on the Italian best-selling book by Mr. Saviano. Mr. Saviano defines and describes the original empire that is the subject of Gomorrah: “Italian organized crime is an enterprise that generates war. It is responsible for 10,000 deaths in ... Read Full Story

December 7, 2008 If you're new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed . Thanks for visiting! Italian director Matteo Garrone ’s Gomorrah , a tale of the Naples underworld based on the book by Roberto Saviano , won five of the 15 top awards, including Best Film, at the 21st European Film Awards. The awards ceremony was held in Copenhagen, Denmark on Saturday, December 6. Here is the list of the 2008 EFA winners: BEST FILM Gomorrah BEST DIRECTOR Matteo Garrone , Gomorrah BEST ACTOR Toni Servillo , Gomorrah BEST ACTRESS Kristin Scott Thomas , I’ve Loved You So Long ... Read Full Story

COPENHAGEN (AFP) -- The Italian film "Gomorra", a harrowing drama about the Naples Mafia by Matteo Garrone, won five top prizes at the 21st European Film Awards in Copenhagen on Saturday. "Gomorra" took the awards for best film, best director, best actor (Toni Servillo), best screenplay (Maurizio Braucci, Ugo Chiti, Gianni de Gregorio, Matteo Garrone, Massimo Gaudioso and Roberto Saviano) and the Carlo di Palma award for best photography (Marco Onorato). Kristin Scott Thomas won the European award as best actress in the French film "Il y a longtemps que je t'aime" ("I've Loved You So Long") by Philippe Claudel. The Berlin-based European Film ... Read Full Story

Gomorrah Directed by Matteo Garrone Starring Nicolo Manta, Gianfelice Imparato Rated R Release date: February 13, 2009 Towards the end of Gomorrah , a ruthless look at the Camorra crime network in Naples, Italy, a man sees on a television set Scarlett Johansson waltzing down the red carpet flaunting her dress. May not be the typical scene you’d expect from a brutally honest mafia story based on the 2006 book by Roberto Saviano, , now 29, that exploited the Camorra and how deep their tentacles stretch. But it’s the right scene. Let’s praise director Matteo Garrone for injecting such an abnormal scene because it ... Read Full Story

Weekly Smoke and Mirrors: Author Robert Saviano faces heat from the mafia -- In Italy the mob and movies are getting caught up in a loop, with life imitating art imitating life. Police are sweating over a report in last week's La Repubblica that the Neapolitan mafia has set Christmas as its "deadline" by which to kill journo Roberto Saviano , author of "Gomorrah" the best-selling mafia expose adapted by helmer Matteo Garrone into the hit pic that is Italy's foreign-language Oscar contender. Read Full Story