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''Fort Apache Napoli'' () is a 2009 Italian biographical film directed by Marco Risi about the fight against the Camorra and subsequent assassination of journalist Giancarlo Siani, played by Libero De Rienzo. Plot Giancarlo Siani is a young Neapolitan journalist who works in the editorial room of ''Il Mattino'' in Torre Annunziata. He works the crime beat (). While writing about crimes and murders by the Camorra, Siani begins to investigate the Camorra's alliances with the politicians of Torre Annunziata, and to discover large areas of corruption and collusion between politicians and organized crime. Despite the somewhat veiled threats of the local political class, Siani continues his inquiries, especially after the "massacre of the circle of fishermen". His articles particularly annoy the local Camorra bosses because they undermine their political and criminal alliances mainly with the Valentino Gionta's arrest. After he is transferred to Naples by his paper, the Camorra meet and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Camorra
The Camorra (; ) is an Italian Mafia-typeMafia and Mafia-type organizations in Italy , by Umberto Santino, in: Albanese, Das & Verma, ''Organized Crime. World Perspectives'', pp. 82–100 criminal organization and criminal society originating in the region of Campania. It is one of the oldest and largest Organized crime in Italy, criminal organizations in Italy, dating to the 18th century. The Camorra's organizational structure is divided into individual groups called "clans". Every ''capo'' or "boss" is the head of a clan, in which there may be tens or hundreds of affiliates, depending on the clan's power and structure. The Camorra's main businesses are Drug Trafficking, drug trafficking, racketeering, counterfeiting, and money laundering. It is also not unusual for Camorra clans to infiltra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Giancarlo Siani
Giancarlo Siani (; Naples, September 19, 1959, - Naples, September 23, 1985) was an Italian crime reporter from Naples, who was killed by the Camorra, the Neapolitan mafia. He started to write in the magazine ''Osservatorio sulla camorra'', and later as a stringer for '' Il Mattino'', the principal newspaper of Naples. He was assigned to the local area editor of Castellammare di Stabia. He wrote articles about the links between organized crime, politicians and construction contracts. Death Siani was executed in his soft top Citroën Méhari on September 23, 1985, in Naples by the Camorra, while approaching his apartment. He was killed by an assassination squad of at least 2 men who approached from behind and shot him 10 times in the head with 7.65mm small arms fire from at least 2 Beretta pistols. The killers escaped on a motorcycle. At the time he was conducting an investigation of one of their leaders, Valentino Gionta. Gionta was the boss of the Gionta clan, a Camorra cl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Libero De Rienzo
Libero De Rienzo (24 February 1977 – 15 July 2021) was an Italian film actor, director and screenwriter. Career De Rienzo was born in Naples and raised in Rome. In 2001, De Rienzo appeared in three films: '' Fat Girl'', ''Gioco con la morte'', and '' Santa Maradona''. He received a David di Donatello for Best Supporting Actor for his work in ''Santa Maradona''. In 2004, De Rienzo starred in ''A/R andata+ritorno''. As of 2005 ''Blood, Death Does Not Exist'' has been released, a film which De Rienzo acted in, wrote, and directed. ''Blood, Death Does Not Exist'' won the Best Feature and the Grand Chameleon Awards at the Brooklyn Film Festival in 2006. De Rienzo acted in television productions, including the miniseries ''Nassiryia – Per non Dimenticare''; ''My House in Umbria''; and ''Aldo Moro – Il Presidente''. He also appeared in the 2009 film '' Fortapasc''. De Rienzo died at his home in Rome on the evening of 15 July 2021 from a heart attack. He was 44. The Procura of Ro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marcello Mazzarella
Marcello Mazzarella (born 18 October 1963) is an Italian actor. He appeared in more than sixty films since 1990. Selected filmography References External links * 1963 births Living people People from Erice Italian male film actors Male actors from Sicily {{Italy-film-actor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gianfelice Imparato
Gianfelice Imparato (born 9 August 1956) is an Italian actor, playwright and stage director. Life and career Born in Castellammare di Stabia, Imparato left his university law studies to devote himself to an acting career, and made his professional debut in the second half of the 1970s with the stage company of Mico Galdieri. He then took part in several Eduardo De Filippo's comedies and in Roberto De Simone's '' La Gatta Cenerentola''. In 1982, he entered the stage company of Carlo Cecchi, that he left in 1987 to enter the company of Luigi De Filippo. He made his film debut in 1983, in Marco Risi's '' A Boy and a Girl''. In 1994, Imparato made his debut as playwright with ''Casa di frontiera'', which he also starred in under the direction of Gigi Proietti. He started his career as stage director in 1996, directing his own comedy play ''Una tragedia tutta da ridere''. In films, he worked with Marco Bellocchio, Matteo Garrone, Paolo Sorrentino, Nanni Moretti, Ettore Scola, Mari ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Renato Carpentieri
Renato Carpentieri (born 2 April 1943) is an Italian actor, stage director and playwright. Life and career Born in Savignano Irpino, Avellino, Carpentieri studied architecture in Naples, where from 1965 to 1974 he was engaged in the organization and promotion of cultural events with the group Nuova Cultura. In 1975 he was co-founder of the stage company Teatro dei Mutamenti, in which he was active until 1980 as a director, an actor and a playwright. He made his film debut in 1990, almost fifty years old, in Gianni Amelio's '' Porte aperte''. In 1993 he won a Nastro d'Argento for best supporting actor for his performance in Gabriele Salvatores' '' Puerto Escondido''. Since 1995 he has been the artistic director of the Neapolitan stage company Libera Scena Ensemble. Partial filmography *'' Open Doors'' (1990) *'' The Yes Man'' (1991) *'' The Stolen Children'' (1992) *'' Puerto Escondido'' (1992) *'' Death of a Neapolitan Mathematician'' (1992) *''Sud'' (1993) *'' Caro d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ennio Fantastichini
Ennio Fantastichini (20 February 1955 – 1 December 2018) was an Italian actor. Life and career Born in Gallese, province of Viterbo, Fantastichini studied acting at the Accademia Nazionale di Arte Drammatica Silvio D'Amico. His breakout role was Tommaso Scalia in Gianni Amelio's 1990 movie '' Open Doors'', a role that gave him a Nastro d'Argento, a Ciak d'oro and a special European Film Award as European Discovery of the Year. In 2010, for his performance in Ferzan Özpetek's '' Loose Cannons'', he won a David di Donatello for best supporting actor and a second Nastro d'Argento in the same category. Fantastichini died of acute promyelocytic leukemia in Naples on 1 December 2018, at the age of 63. Selected filmography *1983: ''Fuori dal giorno'' *1984: ''Il ragazzo di Ebalus'' - Terrorist *1985: '' Big Deal After 20 Years'' - Domenico *1988: '' The Camels'' - Pino *1989: ''Via Panisperna Boys'' - Enrico Fermi *1990: '' Open Doors'' - Tommaso Scalia *1990: '' A Violent Life' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Salvatore Striano
''Caesar Must Die'' () is a 2012 Italian drama film directed by Paolo and Vittorio Taviani. The film competed at the 62nd Berlin International Film Festival where it won the Golden Bear. The film is set in Rebibbia Prison (suburb of Rome), and follows convicts in their rehearsals ahead of a prison performance of ''Julius Caesar''. Cast * Salvatore Striano as Bruto (Brutus) * Cosimo Rega as Cassio ( Cassius) * Giovanni Arcuri as Cesare (Caesar) * Antonio Frasca as Marcantonio (Mark Antony) * Juan Dario Bonetti as Decio (Decius Brutus) * Vincenzo Gallo as Lucio (Lucius) * Rosario Majorana as Metello (Metellus Cimber) * Francesco De Masi as Trebonio (Trebonius) * Gennaro Solito as Cinna ( Cinna) * Vittorio Parrella as Casca ( Casca) * Pasquale Crapetti as Legionär * Francesco Carusone as Wahrsager (Soothsayer) * Fabio Rizzuto as Stratone (Strato) * Maurilio Giaffreda as Ottavio ( Octavius) * Fabio Cavalli as Theatre director Reception Critical response ''Caesar Must Die'' has an a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lorenzo Nuvoletta
Lorenzo Nuvoletta (January 1, 1931 – April 7, 1994) was the head of the Nuvoletta clan, a Neapolitan Camorra organization that operated from the town of Marano di Napoli, situated on the northern outskirts of the city of Naples. Nuvoletta was considered one of the most powerful bosses in the entire Camorra from the 1970s to the early 1990s. The Nuvoletta clan Lorenzo Nuvoletta and his brothers Ciro, Gaetano and Angelo were the heirs to a family of landowners. His grandfather and mother had accumulated large areas of land, with its fruit crops exported to other areas. In the 1960s, they joined the clan of Antonio Maisto who was smuggling contraband cigarettes. After their early exploits with the Maisto clan, they diversified and became significant landowners using state funds designed to set up small agricultural landholdings. They made their fortune swindling the Italian government and the European Economic Community (EEC) and intimidating insurance officials, as well as local ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carmine Alfieri
Carmine Alfieri (; born 18 February 1943) is an Italian Camorra boss, who rose from Piazzolla di Nola to become one of the most powerful members of Neapolitan Camorra in the 1980s. As boss of the Alfieri clan, he was one of the most influential and powerful Camorra bosses from 1984 until his arrest in 1992.Casalesi operazione Gomorra L’espresso, 10 August 2007 Alfieri's nickname is '' by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gigio Morra
Luigi "Gigio" Morra (26 August 1945 – 10 March 2024) was an Italian actor, whose career spanned over 50 years. Life and career Born in Naples, Morra studied at the Accademia d’arte drammatica di Napoli, graduating in 1966. He started his career on stage with Carlo Cecchi, who gave him the nickname Gigio, after then popular puppet Topo Gigio. Morra was mainly active on theatre, where among others he worked in the stage companies of Eduardo De Filippo, Giuseppe Patroni Griffi, Maurizio Scaparro, Luca De Filippo, and Toni Servillo. He made his film debut in 1976, in Marco Bellocchio's '' Victory March'', and worked with Lina Wertmüller, Matteo Garrone, Nanni Moretti, Mario Martone, Marco Risi, Gianni Di Gregorio, Antonio Capuano, Edoardo Leo, and Riccardo Milani, among others. On television, he is best known for the role of Peppino Canfora he played between 2017 and 2019 in the Rai 3 TV-series '' Un posto al sole''. Morra died on 10 March 2024, at the age of 78. Se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Salvatore Cantalupo
Salvatore Cantalupo (8 July 1959 – 13 August 2018) was an Italian actor. Very active especially in the theater, Cantalupo became known to the general public and the media thanks to the 2008 film '' Gomorrah'' directed by Matteo Garrone and based on the novel by Roberto Saviano, in which Cantalupo played the role of Pasquale, a tailor who worked in high fashion, but gets exploited by the Camorra. He was also well known for the role of mayoral candidate Giovanni De Santis, rival of Cetto La Qualunque, in the satyrical film '' Qualunquemente''. He died on 13 August 2018, at the age of 59, after a short illness. Partial filmography *'' Rehearsals for War'' (1998) *'' Gomorrah'' (2008) *'' Fort Apache Napoli'' (2009) *''The White Space'' (2009 *''Bets and Wedding Dresses'' (2009) *''Noi credevamo'' (2010) *'' Qualunquemente'' (2011) *'' Heavenly Body'' (2011) *'' Song'e Napule'' (2013) *'' See You Tomorrow'' (2013) *''Leopardi'' (2014) *'' Perez.'' (2014) *''Per amor vostro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
