The Traitor (Italian: Il traditore) is an internationally co-produced biographical crime drama movie that was produced in 2019. It was based on the life of Tommaso Buscetta, the first Sicilian Mafia boss.
The movie competed for the Palme d'Or at the 2019 Cannes Film Festival, as well as represented Italy at the Best International Feature Film at the 92nd Academy Awards.
It follows Buscetta, the man who brought down the Cosa Nostra. In the 80s, he escapes to Brazil after war rages between Sicilian mafia bosses over the heroin trade. He watched his sons and brother get killed. Buscetta, arrested and extradited to Italy, makes a decision that changes everything as he goes against his vow to the Cosa Nostra throughout meeting Judge Giovanni Falcone.
The Traitor scored 80% from Rotten Tomatoes, 7.1/10 from IMDb, and 63% from Metacritic, while 89% of Google users liked it.
One of the most trusted measurements of quality for Movies & TV, Rotten Tomatoes’s critical consensus reads, “While it doesn't probe particularly far below the surface of its central character, The Traitor tells its fact-based story with enough energy to entertain.”.
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Info & Cast
Rating: R (for violence, sexual content, language and brief graphic nudity)
Genre: Drama
Directed By: Marco Bellocchio
Written By: Marco Bellocchio, Ludovica Rampoldi, Valia Santella, Francesco Piccolo
In Theaters: Jan 31, 2020 Limited
Runtime: 135 minutes
Studio: Sony Pictures Classics
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Cast
Pierfrancesco Favino as Tommaso Buscetta
Giovanni Crozza as young Tommaso Buscetta
Maria Fernanda Cândido as Maria Cristina de Almeida Guimarães, Buscetta's third wife
Fabrizio Ferracane as Pippo Calò
Fausto Russo Alesi as Judge Giovanni Falcone
Luigi Lo Cascio as Salvatore 'Totuccio' Contorno
Nicola Calì as Totò Riina
Giovanni Calcagno as Gaetano Badalamenti
Bruno Cariello as Alfonso Giordano
Alberto Storti as Franco Coppi, Giulio Andreotti's defense attorney
Vincenzo Pirrotta as Luciano Liggio
Goffredo Maria Bruno as Stefano Bontate
Gabriele Cicirello as Benedetto Buscetta, Buscetta's oldest son
Paride Cicirello as Antonio Buscetta, Buscetta's second son
Alessio Praticò as Giuseppe 'Scarpuzzedda' Greco
Pier Giorgio Bellocchio as Cesare, head of Falcone's security detail
Rosario Palazzolo as Giovanni De Gennaro
Antonio Orlando as Michele
Ada Nisticò as Alessandra Buscetta
Federica Butera as Silvana Buscetta
Ludovico Caldarera as Salvatore Cancemi
Nunzia Lo Presti as Antonietta Bagarella, Riina's wife
Matteo Contino as Salvatore Inzerillo
Alberto Gottuso as Giuseppe Inzerillo, Inzerillo's son
Tatu La Vecchia as Brother Giacinto
Massimiliano Ubaldi as Giovanni Brusca
Filippo Parisi as Giovanni
Giuseppe di Marca as Giulio Andreotti
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