Italian star author Robert Saviano, whose mob exposé “Gomorrah” spawned both Matteo Garrone’s eponymous prizewinning movie and the groundbreaking crime series that plays stateside on HBO, is making…
” spawned both Matteo Garrone’s eponymous prizewinning movie and the groundbreaking crime series that plays stateside on HBO, is making his directorial debut.,” an animation adaptation of his graphic novel illustrated by Israeli artist Asaf Hanuka . “Still Alive” examines the anti-mob activist’s life under armed guard since being forced to live with police protection shortly after 2006 when Saviano’s account of the inner workings of the Neapolitan Camorra crime syndicate was published.
“I’m Still Alive” is being mounted as an international co-production between Naples-based Mad Entertainment and Lucky Red in Italy, GapBusters for Belgium, and Tel Aviv-based studio Sipur, formerly known as Tadmor Entertainment. “My film is the story of a 26-year-old boy sentenced to death by a criminal organization – a boy who grew up in a land where, in just a handful of years, the Camorra killed 4,000 people,” Saviano said in a statement for“The sentence comes to that boy because he has decided to write what he sees around him. There you are. That boy is me. ‘I’m Still Alive’ is the film with which I decided to bring back to the screen what I have experienced up to now,” he added.
“Still Alive” will be unveiled this week at the Cartoon Movie co-production forum in Bordeaux, France, where the project is one of nine candidates for the Eurimages Co-Production Development Award.’s graphic novel ‘I’m Still Alive,’ grasping the strength in the story of his tragic, powerful and exceptional life,” said Mad Entertainment chief Luciano Stella in a statement. Mad is the shingle behind high-profile European animation titles such as Rak’s “Cinderella The Cat” and “The Walking Liberty.
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