Suburra

Based on the novel by Giancarlo De Cataldo and Carlo Bonini, this Italian thriller stars Claudio Amendola as Samurai, a gangster with dreams of turning Rome’s waterfront town Suburra into the new Las Vegas. Italian MP Filippo Malgradi (Pierfrancesco Favino) is Samurai’s inside link to achieving his goal, ensuring the funding is received from both the Vatican and the Mafia. When Malgradi is involved in the intoxication and subsequent death of a young sex worker, he flees the scene in panic, leaving a second prostitute, Sabrina (Giulia Elettra Gorietti) to dispose of the body. When the bill is passed to commence building the new city, questions must be asked of how far the people involved are willing to go to achieve their dream.