Taglines: The true story about the man who brought down The Mafia.
The Traitor tells the true story of Tommaso Buscetta, the man who brought down the Cosa Nostra. In the early 1980’s, an all out war rages between Sicilian mafia bosses over the heroin trade. Tommaso Buscetta, a made man, flees to hide out in Brazil.
Back home, scores are being settled and Buscetta watches from afar as his sons and brother are killed in Palermo, knowing he may be next. Arrested and extradited to Italy by the Brazilian police, Buscetta makes a decision that will change everything for the Mafia: he decides to meet with Judge Giovanni Falcone and betray the eternal vow he made to the Cosa Nostra.
The Traitor (Italian: Il traditore) is a 2019 internationally co-produced biographical drama film co-written and directed by Marco Bellocchio, about the life of Tommaso Buscetta, the first Sicilian Mafia boss turned pentito. Pierfrancesco Favino stars as Buscetta, alongside Maria Fernanda Cândido, Fabrizio Ferracane, Fausto Russo Alesi and Luigi Lo Cascio. It was selected to compete for the Palme d’Or at the 2019 Cannes Film Festival. It was selected as the Italian entry for the Best International Feature Film at the 92nd Academy Awards.
The Traitor (2020)
Directed by: Marco Bellocchio
Starring: Pierfrancesco Favino, Maria Fernanda Cândido, Fabrizio Ferracane, Fausto Russo Alesi, Luigi Lo Cascio, Nicola Calì, Giovanni Calcagno, Bruno Cariello, Gabriele Cicirello
Screenplay by: Marco Bellocchio, Valia Santella
Production Design by: Andrea Castorina, Jutta Freyer
Cinematography by: Vladan Radovic
Film Editing by: Francesca Calvelli
Costume Design by: Daria Calvelli
Set Decoration by: Alice Carvalho, Livia Del Priore, Marco Martucci
Art Direction by: Domenico Dicillo
Music by: Nicola Piovani
MPAA Rating: R for violence, sexual content, language and brief graphic nudity.
Distributed by: Sony Pictures Classics
Release Date: January 31, 2020
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