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Claudio Stassi and Giovanni Di Gregorio 'didn't want to show people being killed in Brancaccio'

('Rosh Mahtani',) — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 09:45:05 -0000

The 2006 comic book has been already been translated into French and Spanish. Both the author and scriptwriter are based in Barcelona, having escaped Sicily because 'the mafia culture is gaining strength'

Videos: documentary overload at the European Film Awards, Copenhagen

('Nabeelah Shabbir',) — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 16:30:00 -0000

Four out of six films nominated for the Best European Film on 6 December are either documentaries or documentary-style fictions. Are European directors lacking inspiration? Plus trailers from Italy, France, Spain, Israel, Germany and the UK

Video: Paris protest for death threat-writer Roberto Saviano

('Nabeelah Shabbir',) — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 10:53:21 -0000

On 22 October French citizens came together to support the Italian author, 29. Italian daily La Repubblica reports that the Camorra mafia, who inspired his 2008 spill-all book, say his days are numbered

Gomorrah – mafia and southern Italy on Europe’s big screens

('Andrew Burgess',) — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 10:53:00 -0000

Roberto Saviano’s whistle-blowing book first hit the headlines in 2007. Before its October UK film release, a report from southern Italy, where the underground mafia systems are a firm part of daily life

Roberto Saviano: Spain in mafia hands

('Erin Woycik',) — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 00:00:00 -0000

From investments in the Costa del Sol to French suburbs – the second part of an interview with the author of ‘Gomorra’

Roberto Saviano on the Italian Camorra

Mon, 08 Oct 2007 00:00:00 -0000

First part of an exclusive interview with the author of 'Gomorra', investigating the Neapolitan mafia. From Scottish tourism to Spanish drug trade, the Italian empire stretches throughout Europe and the world

Camorra: from Spain with fury

('Andrew Burgess',) — Wed, 20 Jun 2007 12:00:00 -0000