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Among the other laureled films were two from Italy: Matteo Garrone's remorseless Gomorrah (the Grand Prize, or second place), about a Mafia clan's reach throughout the country, and Paolo Sorrentino's Il Divo (the third-place Jury Prize), a snazzy-looking, corrosively cynical biopic of three-time Prime Minister Giulio Andreotti. When he was shown the film before Cannes, Andreotti called it "the act of a scoundrel." After Il Divo won its prize, he took the longer view. "For anybody in politics, it seems to me, to be ignored is worse than to be criticized," he said, adding...
...Matteo Garrone's Gomorrah is probably the blackest, least sentimental study of the Mafia in Italian or American film history. In its depiction of the Camorra crime family there are no good guys, no crusading cops, no mama pleading with her son to stay out of the rackets. Just ruthless villains and their victims, dispatched without mercy or regret...
...arrests and continue Provenzano's strategy of keeping the peace within the organization. But Lumia warns that some at the top may feel forced to "impose new leadership through violence." The boss with perhaps the best chance of extending his grip across Sicily - one way or the other - is Matteo Messina Denaro, 45, of the western coastal city of Trapani. Given the historical supremacy of Palermo, that would mark a departure - or simply yet another in the Mob's endless series of creative adaptations...
...whoever bet on Lo Piccolo is now sure to suffer. Pretenders to the throne will now see a power vacuum. Matteo Messina Denaro, who hails from the west coast Sicilian city of Trapani, may be in position now to take over supreme control of the organization. Messina Denaro, 45, is said to have a weakness for fast cars and Armani suits, but was nevertheless highly respected by the more traditional Provenzano. Investigators say they had an almost father-and-son rapport...
...over, you can bed down nearby, thanks to a pair of upmarket hotels. The Courtyard by Marriott Düsseldorf Hafen, tel: (49-211) 49390, houses Julian's Bar, with its red chaise longues and fat leather sofas, which is a popular spot for predinner drinks. Milanese architect Matteo Thun's modern masterpiece, the Radisson SAS Media Harbour Hotel, www.radisson.com/dusseldorfde_harbour, is done up with a sleek Brazilian slate facade, features an outstanding health club and spa and another of the neighborhood's standout restaurants, Amano, www.amano-medienhafen.de. In MedienHafen, there's no shortage of good food - or a good time...