Winner of the Cannes' Grand Prix Matteo Garrone's GOMORRA is based on the highly acclaimed non-fiction account of the Camorra clan, also known as the "System", by Roberto Saviano With a cinema-verite treatment Garrone's story delves into drugs, reckless toxic waste disposal and the tailoring of couture clothing. This is a very localized film stripped of all big-picture pretensions where only at the very end Garrone let's us in on the fact that the Comorrah is a highly influential "black hand" organization globally. There is not a single crime-hero superman in this picture. In fact, you are made acutely aware of the gravity attached to every character's action, the mortality of every person populating the scene, and the gear like entrapment of situation. This film does not present crime as a romantic gateway to success but rather honestly as savage territory warfare wherein the strong prey on the weak. Very entertaining - a show of exceptional talent from a very promising director.
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