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Fort Apache Napoli (Fortapàsc)
Giancarlo Siani, as played by Libero De Rienzo
Directed byMarco Risi
Written byJim Carrington
Andrea Purgatori
Marco Risi
Maurizio Cerino
Produced byAngelo Barbagallo
Gianluca Curti
StarringLibero De Rienzo
Valentina Lodovini
Michele Riondino
Ennio Fantastichini
Ernesto Mahieux
Daniele Pecci
Gianfranco Gallo
Massimiliano Gallo
CinematographyMarco Onorato
Music byFranco Piersanti
Distributed by01 Distribution
Release date
2009
Running time
113 min
CountryItaly
LanguageItalian

Fort Apache Napoli (Template:Lang-it) is a 2009 film directed by Marco Risi about the brief life and tragic death of journalist Giancarlo Siani, who is played by Libero De Rienzo.

Plot

The film tells the story of Giancarlo Siani, a young Neapolitan journalist who works in the editorial room of Il Mattino in Torre Annunziata. He works the crime beat (cronaca nera). 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. So, after he was transferred to Naples by his paper, the Camorra meet, and decide to kill, Siani. Siani is shot outside his girlfriend's house, in the residential district of Vomero, on September 23, 1985. Siani was only 26.

Cast

Awards

Soundtrack

The soundtrack includes the following tracks:

  • Ogni Volta - Vasco Rossi
  • La torre di Babele - Edoardo Bennato
  • Tu ca nun chiagne - Ciro Capano
  • Pe' sempre - Ciro Capano
  • O bene mio - Ciro Capano
  • Napule e - Pino Daniele
  • Jesce sole - R. De Simone
  • Centro di gravità permanente - Franco Battiato
  • Pop corn e patatine - Nino D'Angelo
  • Casanova '70 - performed by Antonio Buonomo
  • Dicitencello vuje - performed by Mario Abbate
  • O ritratto 'e Nanninella - performed by Antonio Buonomo
  • Nocturne from String Quartet No. 2 in D Major by A. Borodin - performed by the Pessoa Quartet (I Kyung Lee, Marco Quaranta, Rita Gucci, Achilles Taddeo)
  • Quanno chiove - Pino Daniele
  • River runs deep - JJ Cale
  • Scumbinata - Mammoliti, Mambelli, Di Carlo, Poggiani
  • Noi ragazzi di oggi - performed by Luis Miguel

Miscellany and Errors

  • The film was shot in Naples, Torre del Greco, Torre Annunziata and Castellammare di Stabia
  • The bus used for the massacre of the "fishermen" was not white. It was a blue line "Napoli to Scafati".
  • Some cars do not correspond to the time period, for example, there are second series Alfa Romeo 33s, first made in 1990.
  • The "massacre of the circle fishermen" in the film takes place in a bar, but actually happened in an arcade.
  • In the game of volleyball team coached by Siani you see a type soccer flag only used by the late nineties.
  • Valentino Gionta is at the "massacre of the circle fishermen" in the film, but in reality, he was being the godfather at the baptism of a child at the time.
  • The town council hall has a picture of President Francesco Cossiga and the banner of the town of Castellammare di Stabia.*The car used for Siana's driving scenes was the real car where Giancarlo Siani was found dead.

Revenue

The film grossed € 703,000.

References

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