Schiavone, Casalesi boss, repents

Roberto Saviano had urged him to repent when, after the arrest of his first son, his power began to crumble. Today Francesco Schiavone known as Sandokan, head of the fearsome Casalesi clan, repents and announces the beginning of his collaboration with justice.

Schiavone known as Sandokan and the events of Gomorrah

The news is sensational: in fact, it is the character who inspired the events of Gomorrah, the saga that has become famous throughout the world, who repents. It all started in 2006 with the book of the same name written by Roberto Saviano, who revealed the Camorra “System”, including drug trafficking, neighborhood rackets and international finance, explaining how a criminal organization was able to keep an entire region in its grip and not Alone.

The book, which became an international best seller, tells how, silently, the Camorra became very powerful, surpassing Cosa Nostra in terms of number of affiliates and turnover. Such a success that it inspired, in 2008, the film that launched its director into the Olympus of fame, Matteo Garrone. “Gomorrah”, starring among others by Toni Servillo, Gianfeliceprendito, Salvatore Abruzzese and Marco Ruoccotells the lives of various characters all linked by an invisible thread called the Camorra, taking inspiration from the life events of Francesco Schiavone and his family, starting from his older cousin Carmine, who died at 71 and who had glimpsed his ‘dolphin.

The family

From Pasquale, a highly skilled haute couture tailor who finds himself faced with the choice of whether or not to betray his employer in favor of a Chinese company, to Totò, who lives in Escape and whose adolescence is haunted by the feud between the splinterists and the Di Lauro clan.

The film was awarded at the Cannes Film Festival, obtained 4 nominations and won an award at the Nastri d’Argento, obtained 11 nominations and won 7 David di Donatello, and obtained 1 nomination at the Golden Globes and a Critics Choice Award.