Italian mafia film Gomorrah heads for Oscars - as cast members are arrested

Three actors in a gritty film portraying mafia life in Naples have been arrested over alleged links to the real-life mob. Gomorrah won a prize at Cannes and is Italy's entry for next year's Oscars The film Gomorrah, which is released this week in Britain, shows the dark side of Naples, portraying a city of rot and executions overseen by the ruthless Camorra crime organisation. Matteo Garrone, the director, cast a number of locals in Gomorrah to maximise realism, and the film has been hailed for its almost documentary-style quality. But on Saturday Bernardino Terracciano, 53, who plays a boss in the film, was arrested on suspicion of extorting protection money and having ties to the Casalesi clan, part of the Camorra mafia. His arrest follows that of Biovanni Venosa, who plays another mafia boss in the film and was detained in... [read full story]