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
135 minutes
Country
  • Italy
  • France
  • Brazil
  • Germany
Language
  • Italian
  • Sicilian
  • Portuguese
Box office$8.7 million[2][3]

Cast

Release

The film was released in Italy on May 23, 2019 by 01 Distribution, and in France on November 6, 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 January 31, 2020, and in Canada on February 7, 2020.[5] It was later released on DVD/Blu-ray and video on demand on May 12, 2020.

Reception

On review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 82% based on 90 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".[6] Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the film a score of 64 out of 100, based on 21 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews".[7]

Awards

It was selected to compete for the Palme d'Or at the 2019 Cannes Film Festival.[8] It was selected as the Italian entry for the Best International Feature Film at the 92nd Academy Awards.[9] The film received 4 nominations to the 32nd European Film Awards, including Best Film, Best Director, Best Screenwriter, Best Actor.[10] 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).[11][12]

See also

References
  1. "The Screenings Guide 2019". 9 May 2019. Retrieved 9 May 2019.
  2. "The Traitor (2019)". Box Office Mojo. Archived from the original on 31 December 2019. Retrieved 20 March 2020.
  3. "The Traitor (2019)". The Numbers. Archived from the original on 25 December 2019. Retrieved 13 March 2020.
  4. "The Mafia movie becomes grand opera in Marco Bellocchio's epic 'The Traitor'". Los Angeles Times. 4 February 2020.
  5. "Sony Pictures Classics Acquires American Independent Film "The Climb" Directed By Michael Angelo Covino | Sony Pictures Entertainment". www.sonypictures.com.
  6. "The Traitor (2019)". Rotten Tomatoes. Fandango Media. Retrieved 9 May 2020.
  7. "The Traitor Reviews". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved 9 May 2020.
  8. "Cannes festival 2019: full list of films". The Guardian. Retrieved 18 April 2019.
  9. "L'Italia punta su 'Il traditore' di Bellocchio e Favino per la corsa agli Oscar". La Repubblica. 24 September 2019. Retrieved 24 September 2019.
  10. "The European Film Awards, four nomimation for 'The traitor', named 'Selfie' and 'The death of my mother'". celebsnet.com.
  11. "The Traitor reigns triumphant at Italy's Nastri d'Argento Awards". cineuropa.org. 1 July 2019.
  12. staff2020-05-11T05:56:00+01:00, Screen. "'The Traitor' sweeps board at Italy's David di Donatellos". Screen.
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