The Traitor (2019 film)

The Traitor
The Traitor
	File:The Traitor 2019.jpg Film poster
Directed by	Marco Bellocchio
Screenplay by	Marco Bellocchio; Valia Santella; Ludovica Rampoldi; Francesco Piccolo;
Produced by	Beppe Caschetto; Viola Fügen; Simone Gattoni; Caio Gullane; Fabiano Gullane; Alexandra Henochsberg; Michael Weber;
Starring	Pierfrancesco Favino; Maria Fernanda Cândido; Luigi Lo Cascio;
Cinematography	Vladan Radovic
Edited by	Francesca Calvelli
Music by	Nicola Piovani
Production; companies	IBC Movie; Kavac Film; Rai Cinema; Ad Vitam Production; Match Factory Productions;
Release dates	23 May 2019 (Cannes); 23 May 2019 (Italy);
Running time	145 minutes
Countries	Italy; France; Brazil; Germany;
Language	Italian

The Traitor (Italian: Il traditore) is a 2019 biographical drama film co-written and directed by Marco Bellocchio, about the life of Mafia pentito Tommaso Buscetta. Pierfrancesco Favino stars as Buscetta, alongside Maria Fernanda Cândido and Luigi Lo Cascio. It was selected to compete for the Palme d'Or at the 2019 Cannes Film Festival.^[2]

Cast

Pierfrancesco Favino as Tommaso Buscetta
Maria Fernanda Cândido as Maria Cristina de Almeida Guimarães, Buscetta's third wife
Luigi Lo Cascio as Salvatore 'Totuccio' Contorno
Alessio Praticò as Scarpuzzedda
Fabrizio Ferracane as Pippo Calò
Nicola Calì as Totò Riina
Giovanni Calcagno as Gaetano Badalamenti
Ludovico Caldarera as Salvatore Cancemi
Massimiliano Ubaldi as Giovanni Brusca
Goffredo Maria Bruno as Stefano Bontate
Gabriele Cicirello as Benedetto Buscetta
Federica Butera as Silvana Buscetta

^ "The Screenings Guide 2019". 9 May 2019. Retrieved 9 May 2019.
^ "Cannes festival 2019: full list of films". The Guardian. Retrieved 18 April 2019.

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