Crialese And Rohrwacher: Film Analysis

In Italian films directed by Emanuele Crialese and Alice Rohrwacher, an important aspect included in all of the films are foreigners. Foreigners can include people visiting from other regions of Italy unaware of the culture and conditions in other regions. This is typically demonstrated with characters from Northern Italy visiting various regions in the Mezzogiorno (southern Italy). However, in movies by other directors such as Paolo Sorrentino and Matteo Garrone show merely glimpses of foreigners, and the effect can be the reverse. This has been shown in a movie such as Gomorrah. The role these foreigners have is to show the economic disparity between regions of Italy or Italy and the foreigner’s home countries, and attitudes towards
If foreigners are present, it is a small glimpse with no story development given to them and no connection is made between them and the viewer. They are simply part of the background of the movie and are not given any significance like they are in Crialese and Rohrwacher. Instead, the attention is focused on the white, male protagonist. Differentiating from other movies by Garrone, Gomorrah does have a minor foreigner aspect, showing a Southern Italian who visits Venice for work, with him realizing how different it is compared to Campania. This is shown with his astonishment of all the boats in Venice used for transportation. Other foreigners in the movie include those who are not Italian involved in the drug trade. It shows how other players in the drug trade are not treated well. The two young boys, Ciro and Marco, are portrayed as foreigners. They are not allowed into the drug trade by Camorra leadership, and instead are later tricked into being led to their deaths. This is a high risk in versus out-group, with death being the result of those not a part of the in-group. At the same time, it must be kept in mind that this movie is based on a novel, therefore the foreigner aspect is due to the author of the book, Roberto Saviano. If Garrone had more decision rights over the film, it is not clear if the foreigner involvement in the drug trade would be