Sodoma: The Dark Side of Gomorrah

Sodoma: The Dark Side Of Gomorrah
Promotional poster
Sodoma - L'altra faccia di Gomorra
Directed by	Vincenzo Pirozzi [1]
Written by	Corrado Ardone
Cinematography	Giuseppe Cembalo
Edited by	Giuseppe Cembalo
Music by	Peppe Bruno
Release date	2012 (2012)
Running time	93 min. [2]
Country	Italy
Language	Italian

Sodoma: The Dark Side of Gomorrah (Italian : Sodoma - L'altra faccia di Gomorra) is a 2012 Italian comedy Vincenzo Pirozzi. The film is a spoof of Neapolitan mafia films, in particular of Matteo Garrone's Gomorrah . ^[3] It won the Best Comedy Film award at the 2012 New York City International Film Festival, where it had its world premiere. ^{[4] [5] [6]}

Premise

Ciro, Marco, and Ettore live in Naples. Only the Camorra offers stable employment but they need to prove they can be trusted to enter a "family". Therefore, they carry out a series of robberies, but all their criminal efforts go wrong.

Cast

• Germano Bellavia
• Giacomo Rizzo
• Nello Mascia

Release

The film was theatrically released in Italy on April 4, 2013. ^{[7] [8]}

Reception

A review at MyMovies.it commented, "The spectator of Sodoma will laugh but of a bitter laugh. The one that make you think. As always happens with comedy when it hits the mark." ^[9] Another review found, "Pirozzi manages to propose a surreal comedy which, while quoting numerous scenes present in the film of reference, more or less consciously reveals its absurdly tragic dynamics." ^[10]

A retrospective review lamented the somehow limited distribution of the film in Italian theaters. ^[11]

See also

• Gomorra , an Italian dramatic series on the same topic ^{[n 1]}

Notes

1. Nello Mascia and Fortunato Cerlino ^[12] play in both the film and the series.

References

1. "Sodoma - The dark side of Gomorrah (Sodoma... L'altra faccia di Gomorra) - 2013 - films released 2000 - 2023 - films & docu". Filmitalia. Retrieved 2024-02-12.
2. Sodoma - L'altra faccia di Gomorra (in Italian), retrieved 2024-02-12
3. "Sodoma, l'altra faccia di Gomorra | TECA TV | Film in streaming". tecatv.com (in Italian). Retrieved 2024-02-12.
4. "Il cinema napoletano trionfa a New York". la Repubblica (in Italian). 2012-09-02. Retrieved 2024-02-12.
5. "2012 Award Winners « New York City International Film Festival". 2012-10-22. Archived from the original on 2012-10-22. Retrieved 2024-02-12.
6. ""Sodoma, L'altra faccia di Gomorra" al cinema dal 4 Aprile". NapoliToday (in Italian). Retrieved 2024-02-12.
7. ""Sodoma", il film che deride i clan e il regista è figlio di un vero boss". Corriere del Mezzogiorno (in Italian). Retrieved 2024-02-12.
8. Esposito, Ornella (2013-04-15). "Quando la camorra fa anche ridere: al cinema il film "Sodoma", la faccia comica di Gomorra". www.serviziocivilemagazine.it (in Italian). Retrieved 2024-02-12.
9. MYmovies.it. "Sodoma - L'altra faccia di Gomorra". MYmovies.it (in Italian). Retrieved 2024-02-12.
10. "Camorra ironica? È l'altra faccia di "Gomorra"". Bresciaoggi.it (in Italian). 2013. Retrieved 2024-02-12.
11. Redazione (2023-10-19). "Cinema. Film | crudiezine" (in Italian). Retrieved 2024-02-12.
12. "FORTUNATO CERLINO". www.giffonifilmfestival.it. Retrieved 2024-02-12.

External links

Sodoma: The Dark Side of Gomorrah at IMDb