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Camorra

Francesco Patierno
Italy
2018
71 min
International Premiere
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ā€œIn Naples, we say, ā€˜You lose your life trying to make a living.ā€™ā€ In archive footage, a Neapolitan explains why the city is such a hotbed of crime: itā€™s a city of poverty and unemployment, the class system is still firmly in place, and the local government is corrupt. For decades this has provided fertile ground for a wide range of criminal activity.

Francesco Patierno delved into the Italian national public broadcasterā€™s archives, Rai Teche, and discovered news programs, background reports and interviews that reveal what went wrong in this port city. Using unique journalistic material dating from the 1960s to the mid-1990s combined with a specially composed score by the Italian singer-songwriter Meg, Patierno has reconstructed the socioeconomic history of a lost city where the use of violence doesnā€™t make you an outcast but a hero. Even teenagers talk openly about their track record on the street. Yet at another point in the film, a criminal boss addresses the camera and shamelessly denies any involvement. The film avoids the present and is devoid of moralization or judgment. Nevertheless, Camorra holds up a mirror that reveals an uncomfortable reflection.

Credits
Director
Production
    Andrea Patierno for Todos Contentos y Yo Tambien
    Andrea Patierno for Todos Contentos y Yo Tambien
Co-production
    RAI Cinema,
    Rai Teche
    RAI Cinema,
    Rai Teche
Screening copy
    GA&A Productions Srl.
    GA&A Productions Srl.
World Sales
    GA&A Productions Srl.
    GA&A Productions Srl.
Distribution for the Netherlands
    Cinemien
    Cinemien

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