Napoli, Napoli, Napoli

The story

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.

Cast

F Fabio GarganoCiccio S Shanyn LeighLucia P Peppe LanzettaPadre di Lucia L Luca LionelloSabastiano A Anita PallenbergMadre di Lucia B Benedito SiccaCarmine S Salvatore RuoccoFranco S Salvatore StrianoGennaro E Ernesto MahieuxCelestino G Giovanna ArrivoliInmate J Jennifer AsiaInmate G Giuseppina AvinoInmate

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M Maria BelliottoInmate L Lucia BrindisiInmate G Giuseppina ConciniInmate A Anna De VitaInmate G Giovanna Di TonnoInmate L Loredana GuadagnoInmate G Giuseppina GuarinoInmate P Patrizia GuintoInmate E Elen GodwinInmate V Vincenza IoioInmate S Sandra JohnInmate M Maria Liriano JmenezInmate A Anna LestingiInmate M Maria ManeaInmate A Anna MatuozzoInmate S Sabrina MohammedInmate G Gianna MoriInmate P Patrizia PignalosaInmate A Antonella SallustroInmate L Luisa SassioInmate M Maria SpatuzziInmate F Filomena StraianoInmate C Carmella VernilloInmate L Luigi Maria BurruanoComandante G Giovanni CapalboTic Tac C Carmine Paternoster M Maria Luisa Santella M Massimo Malescia E Eduardo Melone C Carmine Di Vaio L Luca Parmiggiano R Raffaele BarbatoSelf G Giuseppe Virga M Marco MacorCarcerato S Salvatore Cacciapuotio C Ciro Barbaro S Sergio Longobardi F Fabio Rizzuto M Marco Manchisi