The Traitor (2019 film)

The Traitor (Italian: Il traditore) is a 2019 internationally co-produced biographical crime drama film co-written and directed by Marco Bellocchio, about the life of Tommaso Buscetta, the first Sicilian Mafia boss who was treated by some as pentito. Pierfrancesco Favino stars as Buscetta, alongside Maria Fernanda Cândido, Fabrizio Ferracane, Fausto Russo Alesi and Luigi Lo Cascio.

The Traitor
Film poster
ItalianIl traditore
Directed byMarco Bellocchio
Produced byBeppe Caschetto
Screenplay by
  • Marco Bellocchio
  • Valia Santella
  • Ludovica Rampoldi
  • Francesco Piccolo
  • Francesco La Licata
Story byMarco Bellocchio
Starring
Music byNicola Piovani
CinematographyVladan Radovic
Edited byFrancesca Calvelli
Production
company
  • IBC Movie
  • Kavac Film
  • Rai Cinema
  • Gullane
  • Ad Vitam Production
  • Match Factory Productions
Distributed by01 Distribution
Release date
  • 23 May 2019 (2019-05-23) (Cannes)[1]
  • 23 May 2019 (2019-05-23) (Italy)
  • 6 November 2019 (2019-11-06) (France)
Running time
153 minutes[2]
Country
  • Italy
  • France
  • Brazil
  • Germany
Language
  • Italian
  • Sicilian
  • Portuguese
Box office$8.7 million[3][4]

Cast

Release

The film was released in Italy on 23 May 2019 by 01 Distribution, and in France on 6 November 2019.

Sony Pictures Classics took the film for North and Latin America, Australia and New Zealand. It was released in select theaters in the United States on 31 January 2020, and in Canada on 7 February 2020.[6] It was later released on DVD/Blu-ray and video on demand on 12 May 2020.

Reception

On review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 84% based on 97 reviews. The website'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".[7] Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the film a score of 64 out of 100, based on 21 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews".[8]

Awards

It was selected to compete for the Palme d'Or at the 2019 Cannes Film Festival.[9] It was selected as the Italian entry for the Best International Feature Film at the 92nd Academy Awards.[10] The film received 4 nominations to the 32nd European Film Awards, including Best Film, Best Director, Best Screenwriter, Best Actor.[11] It also won seven awards (out of 11 nomination) at the Nastro d'Argento: Best Film, Best Director, Best Screenplay, Best Editing, Best Score, Best Actor (Pierfrancesco Favino) and Best Supporting Actor (Luigi Lo Cascio and Fabrizio Ferracane).[12][13]

See also

References

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