The cinema of Matteo Garrone
In Matteo Garrone’s cinema we witness an attempt to combine social issues with elements of the italian fairy tale tradition. Starting from L’imbalsamatore (2002), in fact, it is possible to find a common thread that unites a large part of his production: a state of perpetual dream immersed in the social reality of contemporary Italy.

Films analyzed:

• L’imbalsamatore (2002)
• Primo amore (2004)
• Gomorra (2008)
• Reality (2012)
• Il racconto dei racconti – tale of tales (2015)
• Dogman (2018)
• Pinocchio (2019)