A gangster known as “Samurai” has plans to turn the waterfront of Rome into a new Las Vegas. All the local mob bosses agree to work together to achieve this common goal, but the brief peace is soon shattered by the outbreak of a vicious gang war. Inspired by the bestselling novel of the same name, this brash and brutal Italian crime thriller was the genesis for the successful television series that ran for 4 seasons on Netflix. “Gomorrah” director Stefano Sollima delivers a terrific mob drama set among Rome’s political and criminal elite.
Suburra is a sprawling Italian crime drama with genuinely epic ambitions. —Kevin Maher, Times (UK)
A stylish crime thriller that dissects Italian society with a cool eye and an itchy trigger finger. —Philip De Semlyen, Empire Magazine
Sollima pulls this together into a slick, polished whole, marked by an energy and focus that allows him to travel through Suburra's various intersecting threads of exploitation, dominance and moral train-wrecks. —Alexandra Heller-Nicholas, The Blue Lenses
Storytelling at its most cinematic! —Kevin Harley, Total Film
An ensemble thriller of epic dimensions reminiscent of greek tragedy. —Xavi Sánchez Pons, Sensasine
A ensemble movie disguised as gangster cinema, 'Suburra' is overwhelming. —Alberto Abuín , Espinof
Evoking the spirit of 1970s crime maestro Fernando Di Leo, Sollima's sense of pace and place is impeccable, while the performances seethe with decadence, danger and despair. —David Parkinson , Radio Times
Sollima displays a knack for refining material and balancing plotlines that would seem overbearing in lesser hands. —Jacob Stolworthy , Independent (UK)
Moody, mean and majestic, this is Italian cinema at its finest. —Jon Lyus , HeyUGuys
Storytelling at its most cinematic —Total Film
A terrific Mob drama! —The Guardian
A gangster known as “Samurai” has plans to turn the waterfront of Rome into a new Las Vegas. All the local mob bosses agree to work together to achieve this common goal, but the brief peace is soon shattered by the outbreak of a vicious gang war. Inspired by the bestselling novel of the same name, this brash and brutal Italian crime thriller was the genesis for the successful television series that ran for 4 seasons on Netflix. “Gomorrah” director Stefano Sollima delivers a terrific mob drama set among Rome’s political and criminal elite.
Suburra is a sprawling Italian crime drama with genuinely epic ambitions. —Kevin Maher, Times (UK)
A stylish crime thriller that dissects Italian society with a cool eye and an itchy trigger finger. —Philip De Semlyen, Empire Magazine
Sollima pulls this together into a slick, polished whole, marked by an energy and focus that allows him to travel through Suburra's various intersecting threads of exploitation, dominance and moral train-wrecks. —Alexandra Heller-Nicholas, The Blue Lenses
Storytelling at its most cinematic! —Kevin Harley, Total Film
An ensemble thriller of epic dimensions reminiscent of greek tragedy. —Xavi Sánchez Pons, Sensasine
A ensemble movie disguised as gangster cinema, 'Suburra' is overwhelming. —Alberto Abuín , Espinof
Evoking the spirit of 1970s crime maestro Fernando Di Leo, Sollima's sense of pace and place is impeccable, while the performances seethe with decadence, danger and despair. —David Parkinson , Radio Times
Sollima displays a knack for refining material and balancing plotlines that would seem overbearing in lesser hands. —Jacob Stolworthy , Independent (UK)
Moody, mean and majestic, this is Italian cinema at its finest. —Jon Lyus , HeyUGuys
Storytelling at its most cinematic —Total Film
A terrific Mob drama! —The Guardian