THE TRAITOR
DRAMA, CRIME | ITALIAN | 152 MIN
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.
DIRECTOR: Marco Bellocchio
CAST: Pierfrancesco Favino, Maria Fernanda Cândido, Fabrizio Ferracane, Fausto Russo Alesi, Luigi Lo Cascio
UK release supported by the Creative Europe: MEDIA programme
“authentic Italian gangster thriller is an offer you shouldn’t refuse”
★★★★
— NME
“Pierfrancesco Favino… takes simmering centre stage as the
brooding and self-righteous Buscetta”
★★★★
— THE TIMES
“blood-spattered Mafia movie takes The Godfather head on”
★★★★
— THE TELEGRAPH
“BELLOCCHIO… succeeds in making a complex, multi-character
narrative both lucid and engrossing.”
★★★★
— TIME OUT
FESTIVALS + AWARDS
2019 Cannes Film Festival
Official Competition
2019 BFI London Film Festival
Official Selection
92nd Academy Awards®
Italian Entry, Best International Feature Film
32nd European Film Awards
4 Nominations: Best Film, Best Director, Best Screenwriter, Best Actor
65th David Di Donatello Awards
6x Winner: Best Film, Best Director, Best Original Screenplay, Best Actor, Best Supporting Actor, Best Editing
2019 Stockholm International Film Festival
Official Selection
2020 César Awards
Nominee: Best Foreign Film
2019 Viennale
Official Selection
2019 New York Film Festival
Official Selection