Il traditore (2019)
Release Year: 2019
Nation: Brazil, France, Germany, Italy
Alternative Title: El traidor, O Traidor, Предателят, The Traitor, Le traître, Der Verräter, Il Traditore: Als Kronzeuge gegen die Cosa Nostra, Az első áruló, Zdrajca, Предатель, Izdajnik, 黑金叛徒, Hain
Director: Marco Bellocchio
Writer: Felipe Sholl, Francesco La Licata, Francesco Piccolo, Ludovica Rampoldi, Marco Bellocchio, Valia Santella
Production & Genre
Producer: N/A
Companies: IBC MOvie, Kavac Film, The Match Factory, Gullane Entretenimento, Canal+, Ciné+, Ad Vitam Production, RAI, ARTE, ZDF, Telecine, Canal Brasil, ARTE, RAI Cinema
Genre: Biographical Film, Biography, Drama
Budget: N/A
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Keywords
Keywords: rome, italy, palermo, sicily, based on true story, sicilian mafia, italian history, 1980s, 1990s, cosa nostra, anti-mafia, trial witness, 2000s, pentito, omertá, mafia trial, mafia war
Story
In Palermo, Sicily, in 1980, mafia member Tommaso Buscetta decides to move to Brazil with his family to escape the constant war between different criminal clans. However, after facing several misfortunes in Brazil, he returns to Italy and makes a life-changing decision that alters the course of Cosa Nostra forever.
Summary
'Il traditore' (2019), directed by Marco Bellocchio, is based on the true story of Tommaso Buscetta, an Italian mafia member who became a pentito (informer) in the late 1980s. Set against the backdrop of the ongoing conflict between different mafia clans in Sicily, the film explores the personal journey and ultimate decision of Buscetta that significantly impacted the destiny of Cosa Nostra.
