Martin Scorsese praised Matteo Garrone’s 2008 crime film Gomorrah, saying he admired its bluntness. The endorsement matters because Scorsese is closely associated with gangster cinema, and his approval highlighted the film’s unsentimental approach to organised crime.

Gomorrah is an Italian-language drama adapted from Roberto Saviano’s book about the Camorra criminal network in Naples. Rather than centring on glamorous mobsters, it follows several intersecting lives affected by the organisation’s violence, corruption and economic reach.