Napoli, Napoli, Napoli (2009)
Weaving together fact and fiction, this docudrama performs a portrait of the often seamy underside of the city of Naples.Ferrara traveled to Italy to interview the inmates at the Naples Pozzuoli State Prison, a high security lockup for women, and with the help of a translator he allows a number of women doing time to talk about their lives before and after they were convicted. Ferrara chose to expand the short profile of the prisoners into a feature by offering a look at life in the slums of Naples and the actions of a number of law enforcement officers and social workers struggling to improve conditions for the poor, as well as adding three short fictional segments shot of digital video gear.
Genre: Documentary, Drama
Director: Abel Ferrara
Actors: Anita Pallenberg, Benedito Sicca, Ernesto Mahieux, Giovanni Capalbo, Luca Lionello, Luigi Maria Burruano, Marco Macor, Peppe Lanzetta, Salvatore Ruocco, Shanyn Leigh
