
The Traitor
2019 · Movie · R · 151 min · ★ 7.6 · 75% critics
In 1980s Sicily, a mafia insider flees escalating clan violence by moving his family to Brazil. After a series of personal setbacks forces him back to Italy, he chooses to cooperate with authorities, setting off confessions that reshape his future and shake the criminal organization from within.
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Details
- Original title
- Il traditore
- Years
- 2019
- Release date
- 2019-05-23
- Language
- Italian
- Rated
- R
- Runtime
- 151 min
- Critic score
- 75/100
- TMDB rating
- 7.6/10 (1,428 votes)
- Box office
- $5,329,455
About
You’ll likely enjoy this if you want a serious, character-driven crime drama rooted in Italian history, with long stretches of testimony and courtroom conflict; Not for you if you want nonstop action or a simple plot like The Nile Hilton Incident.
Pros: gripping true-crime scope; intense central performance; compelling courtroom tension | Cons: sprawling narrative; dialogue-heavy pace; later stretch less engaging
Themes
- rome, italy
- palermo, sicily
- based on true story
- sicilian mafia
- italian history
- 1980s
- 1990s
- cosa nostra
- anti-mafia
- trial witness
- 2000s
- pentito
- +3 more
Awards & recognition
- David di Donatello — Best Director · 2020
- David di Donatello — Best Editing · 2020
- David di Donatello — Best Actor · 2020
- David di Donatello — Best Supporting Actor · 2020
- David di Donatello — Best Original Script · 2020
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- David di Donatello — Best Film · 2020
- David di Donatello — Best Director · 2020 · nominated
- International Submission to the Academy Awards · 2020 · nominated
- European Film Award — Best Screenwriter · 2019 · nominated
- European Film Award — Best Film · 2019 · nominated
- European Film Award — Best Director · 2019 · nominated
- European Film Award — Best Actor · 2019 · nominated
Cast & crew

Pierfrancesco Favino
as Tommaso Buscetta

Maria Fernanda Cândido
as Maria Cristina de Almeida

Fabrizio Ferracane
as Pippo Calò

Fausto Russo Alesi
as Giovanni Falcone

Luigi Lo Cascio
as Salvatore Contorno

Bruno Cariello
as Alfonso Giordano

Giovanni Calcagno
as Tano Badalamenti
- RP
Rosario Palazzolo
as Giovanni De Gennaro

Nicola Calì
as Totò Riina

Vincenzo Pirrotta
as Luciano Liggio
Directed by Marco Bellocchio