The Traitor (2019 film)
| The Traitor | |
|---|---|
.jpg) Film poster | |
| Italian | Il traditore |
| Directed by | Marco Bellocchio |
| Screenplay by |
|
| Story by | Marco Bellocchio |
| Produced by | Beppe Caschetto |
| Starring |
|
| Cinematography | Vladan Radovic |
| Edited by | Francesca Calvelli |
| Music by | Nicola Piovani |
Production companies |
|
| Distributed by | 01 Distribution |
Release dates | |
Running time | 153 minutes[2] |
| Countries |
|
| Languages |
|
| Box office | $8.7 million[3][4] |
The Traitor (Template:Lang-it) 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.
Cast
- Pierfrancesco Favino as Tommaso Buscetta[5]
- Giovanni Crozza as young Tommaso Buscetta
- Maria Fernanda Cândido as Maria Cristina de Almeida Guimarães, Buscetta's third wife
- Fabrizio Ferracane as Pippo Calò
- Fausto Russo Alesi as Judge Giovanni Falcone
- Luigi Lo Cascio as Salvatore 'Totuccio' Contorno
- Nicola Calì as Totò Riina
- Giovanni Calcagno as Gaetano Badalamenti
- Bruno Cariello as Alfonso Giordano
- Alberto Storti as Franco Coppi, Giulio Andreotti's defense attorney
- Vincenzo Pirrotta as Luciano Liggio
- Goffredo Maria Bruno as Stefano Bontate
- Gabriele Cicirello as Benedetto Buscetta, Buscetta's oldest son
- Paride Cicirello as Antonio Buscetta, Buscetta's second son
- Alessio Praticò as Giuseppe 'Scarpuzzedda' Greco
- Pier Giorgio Bellocchio as Cesare, head of Falcone's security detail
- Rosario Palazzolo as Giovanni De Gennaro
- Antonio Orlando as Michele
- Ada Nisticò as Alessandra Buscetta
- Federica Butera as Silvana Buscetta
- Ludovico Caldarera as Salvatore Cancemi
- Nunzia Lo Presti as Antonietta Bagarella, Riina's wife
- Matteo Contino as Salvatore Inzerillo
- Alberto Gottuso as Giuseppe Inzerillo, Inzerillo's son
- Tatu La Vecchia as Brother Giacinto
- Massimiliano Ubaldi as Giovanni Brusca
- Filippo Parisi as Giovanni
- Giuseppe di Marca as Giulio Andreotti
- Nino Porzio: Tecnico Regia di Studio RAI
Release
The film was released in Italy on 23 May 2019 by 01 Distribution, and in France on 6 November 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 31 January 2020, and in Canada on 7 February 2020.[6] It was later released on DVD/Blu-ray and video on demand on 12 May 2020.
Reception
On review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 84% based on 97 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".[7] Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the film a score of 64 out of 100, based on 21 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews".[8]
Awards
It was selected to compete for the Palme d'Or at the 2019 Cannes Film Festival.[9] It was selected as the Italian entry for the Best International Feature Film at the 92nd Academy Awards.[10] The film received 4 nominations to the 32nd European Film Awards, including Best Film, Best Director, Best Screenwriter, Best Actor.[11] 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).[12][13]
See also
- List of submissions to the 92nd Academy Awards for Best International Feature Film
- List of Italian submissions for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film
References
- ^ "The Screenings Guide 2019". 9 May 2019. Retrieved 9 May 2019.
- ^ The Traitor at Metacritic. Retrieved 29 June 2020.
- ^ "The Traitor (2019)". Box Office Mojo. Archived from the original on 31 December 2019. Retrieved 20 March 2020.
- ^ "The Traitor (2019)". The Numbers. Archived from the original on 25 December 2019. Retrieved 13 March 2020.
- ^ "The Mafia movie becomes grand opera in Marco Bellocchio's epic 'The Traitor'". Los Angeles Times. 4 February 2020.
- ^ "Sony Pictures Classics Acquires American Independent Film "The Climb" Directed By Michael Angelo Covino | Sony Pictures Entertainment". www.sonypictures.com.
- ^ "The Traitor (2019)". Rotten Tomatoes. Fandango Media. Retrieved 9 May 2020.
- ^ "The Traitor Reviews". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved 9 May 2020.
- ^ "Cannes festival 2019: full list of films". The Guardian. Retrieved 18 April 2019.
- ^ "L'Italia punta su 'Il traditore' di Bellocchio e Favino per la corsa agli Oscar". La Repubblica. 24 September 2019. Retrieved 24 September 2019.
- ^ "The European Film Awards, four nomimation for 'The traitor', named 'Selfie' and 'The death of my mother'". celebsnet.com.
- ^ "The Traitor reigns triumphant at Italy's Nastri d'Argento Awards". cineuropa.org. 1 July 2019.
- ^ "'The Traitor' sweeps board at Italy's David di Donatellos". Screen. 11 May 2020.
External links
- The Traitor at IMDb
- 2019 films
- 2019 biographical drama films
- 2019 crime drama films
- Italian films
- Italian crime drama films
- Italian-language films
- Films about the Sicilian Mafia
- Films shot in Palermo
- Films shot in Rome
- Films shot in Rio de Janeiro (city)
- Films set in Rio de Janeiro (city)
- Films directed by Marco Bellocchio
- Italian biographical drama films
- Films scored by Nicola Piovani
- Biographical films about criminals