L'oro di Scampia 2014

Overview

L'oro di Scampia is a 2014 television drama film directed by Marco Pontecorvo. The film stars Giuseppe Fiorello, Gianluca Di Gennaro, Anna Foglietta, and Gaetano Bruno. Set in a neighborhood overrun by crime, the story takes place in Scampia, where the Camorra hires young people from an early age to serve as lookouts, drug couriers, or hit men. To counter this environment, a man named Enzo Capuano opens a judo school. Through this gym, Enzo teaches judo to the boys of the neighborhood in order to help at-risk teens onto a different path and guide his son toward Olympic gold. In the final scenes of the film, Toni Capuano wins the gold medal in judo at the Olympic Games against the Brazilian competitor Tiago Camilo, who is played by Marco Maddaloni. Toni then dedicates his victory to his father and to the neighborhood of Scampia, demonstrating that not everyone makes the wrong choices and that sports can offer a second chance.