From a look at how organized crime influenced politics in Rome for 2015's "Suburra," to the TV series version of "Gomorrah" (based on Roberto Saviano's book and Matteo Garrone's feature film), which gave a glimpse inside one of the Italian mafia's most powerful regimes, they are all projects that ar
story of a young criminal determined to get initiated by a local crew. (The movie is worth seeing anyway, if only for the sake of comparison; both dramatizations are based on the 2006 nonfiction book by Roberto Saviano, who infiltrated the Neapolitan mafia and has been harassed and threatened since.
Date: Aug 24, 2016
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Italian mobsters display ruthless ambition in dark drama 'Gomorrah'
birthplace of the Camorra, to drop this explosive export, the No. 1 show in that country. Based on a best-selling novel by Roberto Saviano, Gomorrah is The Sopranos on steroids, presented here in Italian with subtitles and minus any symbolism about ducks, mommy issues or a fretful therapist.
Date: Aug 24, 2016
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Italy's most popular TV show, 'Gomorrah,' gets imported courtesy of Sundance
e the critically lauded 2008 film, the 2014 series is based on the book by journalist Roberto Saviano, who spent years reporting on the Camorra in and around Naples; the fact that, 10 years after its publication, Saviano remains in hiding tells you all you need to know about the veracity of the tal
Date: Aug 24, 2016
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'Gomorrah' Isn't A Great Mafia Show, But It Gets The Bloody Job Done
Matteo Garrones 2009 film Gomorrah, based on Roberto Savianos 2006 book, in a way was an attempt to refocus, taking all the metaphors out of mob movies and just telling an unvarnished story about the horrors inflicted by gangsters wreaking havoc in Naples and Caserta. The movies reputation it w
The series is based on the best-selling book by journalist Roberto Saviano, which was already adapted into a film of the same name back in 2008. The focus here is on a Naples crime family led by Don Pietro Savastano (Fortunato Cerlino), his wife Imma (Maria Pia Calzone). Pietro's young adult son Gen
Date: Aug 24, 2016
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Organized crime bust: How does the 'old school' Mafia work today?
"But this is only the surface; behind these lies an enormous and illegally amassed economic power, which is camouflaged and laundered until it becomes legal," Roberto Saviano, a journalist and author of several book on the Mafia, writes in a column for The New York Times. "As difficult as it is to t
The winner, said PEN, would be an international writer who is active in defence of freedom of expression, often at great risk to their own safety and liberty, with previous recipients including Gomorrah author Roberto Saviano, Mexican journalist Lydia Cacho and the imprisoned Saudi blogger Raif B