The Release of Gommorah

The Italian Film Commission’s release of Gommorah, a Martin Scorsese presentation, is said to be the next big mafia film release. The film has won the grand prize at Cannes Film Festival and other European awards. It was filmed in Naples, Scampia, and Venice, directed by Matteo Garrone. In a quote taken from www.filminginitaly.com, Lisa Schwarzbaum (Entertainment Weekly) quoted, "No matter how many Mafia movies you've seen, no matter how wise you think you are about wiseguy culture, you've never seen anything like GOMORRAH. An electrifying dramatization of Roberto Saviano's jolting book. This is one of the very best movies I've seen in 2008, and it'll be a knockout for lucky viewers all over again in 2009." The author of the book that inspired the film, Roberto Saviano, has been forced to live under police protection since the publication of the book because of its contents.