matteo GARRONE’S unsentimental adaptation of roberto SAVIANO’S book, gomorra, scrapes at the underbelly of napoli to squeeze out a beautiful neorealist portrait of 21st century gangsters…[CONTINUED WITH TRAILER]
the frame crackles with the grit of the modernist housing complex le vele (the sails) in scampia, known as the largest open air drug market in the world. the labyrinth like spaces contained within the concrete tunnels and catwalks house a chilling network of dealers, hitmen, accountants, tailors, and young boys which play out in five interwoven stories. toxic waste and corruption seep through the alleys and lives of everyone trapped in this hell.
