Suburra

For the lovers of Gomorrah en Criminale Romance is there now Suburra, an Italian mob thriller inspired by true events, based on the 2013 book by Carlo Bonini and Giancarlo De Cataldo.

Italy today. A mob boss has hatched a megalomaniac plan. Converting a small coastal town in Ostia, a borough of Rome, into Italy's Las Vegas. Not only the underworld is a gambling paradise on the coast. The upper world is also fist-deep in it. From senior officials to ministers. And even a powerful cardinal plays a shady part.

Although the local bosses had agreed to work together, everyone wants to claim the largest possible piece of the real estate pie for themselves. A brutal confrontation between the various parties involved is inevitable. In a period of eight deadly November days, the project collapses like a house of cards, resulting in some merciless settlements.

Suburra was directed by Stefano Sollima, who achieved worldwide fame as the director of the TV series Romanzo Criminale and the TV series Gomorrah (the second season of which was recently shown on TV in Italy).

Sollima started his career making short films and worked as a cameraman for NBC, CBS, CNN and then switched to making documentaries in war zone. In 2012, he made his film debut with the film All Cops Are Bastards, a film adaptation of Carlo Bonini's book, characterized by the violence of Italian society. Stefano Sollima is now widely appreciated for the innovation he brought to the Italian thriller genre. Both Gomorrah and Romanzo Criminale received positive reactions from all over the world. Suburra is his latest movie.

Suburra was released in Italy on October 14, 2015 and will find its way into a number of Dutch theaters from July 21. The soundtrack was provided by M83. In the cast: Pierfrancesco Favino, Elio Germano, Claudius Amendola, Alessandro Borghi en Greta scarano.