The Traitor

2019 · 151 min · IT · R · 7.6 (1,450 votes)

Dir. Marco Bellocchio · Starring Pierfrancesco Favino, Maria Fernanda Cândido, Fabrizio Ferracane, Fausto Russo Alesi, Luigi Lo Cascio, Bruno Cariello · Music Nicola Piovani

“The true story about the man who brought down the Mafia”

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Palermo, Sicily, 1980. Mafia member Tommaso Buscetta decides to move to Brazil with his family fleeing the constant war between the different clans of the criminal organization. But when, after living several misfortunes, he is forced to return to Italy, he makes a bold decision that will change his life and the destiny of Cosa Nostra forever.

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This is a tense, somber deep dive into the moral complexities of loyalty and betrayal within a powerful criminal empire. Its gritty realism and steady pacing immerse you in a high-stakes world, exploring the profound consequences of a singular, life-altering decision. It feels historically weighty and dramatically potent.

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rome, italypalermo, sicilybased on true storysicilian mafiaitalian history1980s1990scosa nostraanti-mafiatrial witness2000spentitoomertámafia trialmafia war