Matteo Garrone - Gomorra (2008)
This sleek and brutal film, like Roberto Saviano’s book on which it is based, is a work of docu-fiction, but it is only a light transposition of the everyday reality for Neapolitans and their ongoing relationship with the Camorra (while the Sicilian Mafia/Cosa Nostra are the best known, they are not the only Italian criminal organisation; others
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That said, great post on things Italian! You might want to have a look at the debate about Gomorra resulting from Alessandro Del Lago's book, http://www.ibs.it/code/9788872855959/dal-lago-alessandro/eroi-carta-caso.html.
(Ilaria)
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The book you mention sounds really interesting - I can see the way in which the construction of the heroic individual against the system (such an American trope, while not denying that such individuals do certainly exist and the risk that their acts entail) is reassuring, when in fact (as Sciascia's novels tell us, like a Kafka of criminal capitalism) this is not the reality... as in the article that I linked to in the second paragraph, the system continues to roll on under the weight of its own momentum (not to mention vested interest), as labyrinthine institutionalised systems do.
On things Italian, writing this post also reminded me how much I'm a fan of De Andre. What an amazing lyricist!
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