THE TRAITOR Italy-France-Germany-Brazil, 2019, 145′, color, feature

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.

„Questioning the nature of repentance, Marco Bellocchio re-creates the Mafia Maxi Trials when Tomasso Buscetta turned informer in this strong but surprisingly straightforward drama.Despite another round of carefully reenacted court proceedings, his motivations remain abstruse: Did Buscetta snitch to protect his family, or out of a thirst for revenge? It’s this ambiguity that makes him a compelling figure.”

Jay Weissberg, Variety

AWARDS AND NOMINATIONS

Cannes ’19 – Official competition

Golden Globes, Italy ’19 – Best Director, Best Original Score

International Cinephile Society Awards ’19 – Grand Prix

Marco Bellocchio

Marco Bellocchio was born in 1939. He began studying philosophy but then decided to enter film school, making his first film, “Fists in the Pocket“, winner of the “Silver Sail“ at the 1965 Festival del film Locarno. He made a big impact on radical Italian cinema in the mid-sixties. He was awarded with the “Golden Lion“ for Lifetime Achievement at the 68th Venice International Film Festival in September 2011.

SELECTED FILMOGRAPHY

1965 I pugni in tasca

1971 Nel nome del padre

1986 Diavolo in corpo

2009 Vincere

2019 Traitor

2021 Marx Can Wait

2022 Exterior, Night

2023 Kidnapped (Rapito)

DIRECTOR

Marco Bellocchio

SCRIPT

Marco Bellocchio, Valia Santella, Ludovica Rampoldi, Francesco Piccolo, Francesco La Licata

CAMERA

Vladan Radovic

MUSIC

Nicola Piovani

CAST

Pierfrancesco Favino, Luigi Lo Cascio, Fausto Russo Alesi, Maria Fernanda Cândido, Fabrizio Ferracane

PRODUCERS

Beppe Caschetto, Paula Cosenza, Sebastian Fröhlich, Viola Fügen, Simone Gattoni, Caio Gullane, Fabiano Gullane, Alexandra Henochsberg

PRODUCTION

IBC Movie, Kavac Film, Rai Cinema, Ad Vitam Production, Gullane, Match Factory Productions, Arte France

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