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Camorra

Directed by: Francesco Patierno
Runtime: 1hr 10min Year: 2018

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Directed by: Francesco Patierno
Runtime: 1hr 10min Year: 2018
Country: Italy

An astonishing and absorbing insight into the rise of the Camorra AKA the Neapolitan mafia – a complex network of organised crime – as told by those involved, through a patchwork of incredible archive footage.

Neapolitan police chase after a cargo ship going full throttle in a futile escape attempt; kids as young as five years old try to shift packets of illegally smuggled cigarettes on the street; preadolescent kids entertain a surrounding bar crowd with a jive in a scene that looks straight out of Bugsy Malone – except this is for real.

Camorra is a frank and startling insight into the inner mechanics of organised crime in Naples and its rise to political influence. High velocity from start to finish, the film tells the story of how the poor classes of Naples found their own power systems, and how it was authorised by the ruling classes – as long as it benefitted them.