The Traitor (2019)
- Original title
- Il traditore
- Directed by
- Marco Bellocchio
- Genre
- drama film, biographical film
- Country
- Germany, Brazil, France, Italy
- Runtime
- 2h 28m
- Rated
- R
- Rating
- 7.6 of 10 from 1,435 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
The film follows Tommaso Buscetta, a Sicilian Mafia boss who becomes one of the first high-level informants. It shows his life in the criminal underworld and his decision to cooperate with authorities against the mafia.
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What happens
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 premiered in competition at the 2019 Cannes Film Festival, and was released theatrically in 23 May by 01 Distribution, and on 30 October in France by Ad Vitam Distribution. It received positive reviews from critics and auditory. Although selected as the Italian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 92nd Academy Awards, it was not nominated. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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