Gomorrah (film)

Gomorrah
Italian theatrical release poster
Italian	Gomorra
Directed by	Matteo Garrone
Screenplay by	Matteo Garrone Roberto Saviano Maurizio Braucci Ugo Chiti Gianni Di Gregorio Massimo Gaudioso
Based on	Gomorrah by Roberto Saviano
Produced by	Domenico Procacci
Starring	Toni Servillo Gianfelice Imparato Maria Nazionale Salvatore Cantalupo Gigio Morra Salvatore Abruzzese Marco Macor Ciro Petrone Carmine Paternoster
Cinematography	Marco Onorato
Edited by	Marco Spoletini
Music by	Giovanni Guardi Robert Del Naja
Production company	RAI Cinema Fandango
Distributed by	01 Distribution
Release dates	16 May 2008 (2008-05-16) (Italy) 11 September 2008 (2008-09-11) (TIFF)
Running time	137 minutes
Country	Italy
Languages	Neapolitan Italian
Budget	€5.9 million[1]
Box office	$46.7 million[1]

Gomorrah (Italian: Gomorra) is a 2008 Italian crime drama film directed by Matteo Garrone, based on the non-fiction book of the same name by Roberto Saviano, who also collaborated in the screenplay. It deals with the Casalesi clan, a crime syndicate within the Camorra — a traditional criminal organization based in Naples and Caserta, in the southern Italian region of Campania.

The film was released in Italy on 16 May 2008, and premiered in North America at the Toronto International Film Festival on 11 September 2008, followed by release in New York City and Los Angeles on 13 February 2009. It received critical acclaim, winning the Grand Prix at the 2008 Cannes Film Festival and seven David di Donatello Awards, including Best Film and Best Director (for Garrone). It also won five awards at the 2008 European Film Awards. Although selected as the Italian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 81st Academy Awards, it was not nominated.

A 2014 TV series of the same name is loosely based on the same book, but is otherwise unrelated to the film.^[2]