Genre: Drama

Language: Italian with English Subtitles

Director: Marco Risi

Cast: Libero De Rienzo, Valentina Lodovini, Michele Riondino

Released: 2009

Duration: 105 Minutes

Rating: M contains violence, offensive language & nudity

Distribution: Palace Films & Raitrade

2009 Italian Golden Globes: Best Director

Marco Risi's compelling new drama ‘Fortapàsc’ strikingly re-creates the last four months in the life of 26-year-old journalist Giancarlo Siani during the period in which he begins an investigation into the connection between local government and the Comorra, the Neapolitan mafia. 

Giancarlo (Libero De Rienzo) is an idealistic adjunct reporter attached to the Neapolitan suburb of Torre Annunziata. His dream is to become a fully accredited journalist, but his editor isn't interested in investigative stories. When Giancarlo stumbles upon a conversation between local kingpin Valentino Gionta and big boss Carmine Alfieri, he seizes the chance to write a real exposé. With the enthusiasm and courage of youth Giancarlo plunges into the criminal world, arousing the deadly anger of the mob. Critically acclaimed, ‘Fortapàsc’ is a hard-hitting take on the murder of idealism. The film’s title (pronounced "Fort-a-pash" in dialect) references John Ford's classic western ‘Fort Apache’, and the lawlessness of Mafia-ruled Naples, here brought to vivid, Scorsese-like life.