THE TRAITOR (15)

WHO’S IN IT?

Pierfrancesco Favino (Rush), Maria Fernanda Cândido (Sal de Prata), Fabrizio Ferracane (Black Souls), Fausto Russo Alesi (The Double Hour), Luigi Lo Cascio (Miracle at St. Anna), Nicola Calì (Amiche da Morire), Giovanni Calcagno (We Can Do That), Bruno Cariello (The Wedding Director), Bebo Storti (Tiramisù), Vincenzo Pirrotta (The Ideal City), Goffredo Maria Bruno (Il Volo di Dio), Gabriele Cicirello (film debut), Paride Cicirello (film debut), Alessio Praticò (The Ruthless), Pier Giorgio Bellocchio (Sorelle Mai), Rosario Palazzolo (film debut), Antonio Orlando (Romulus & Remus: The First King), Ada Nisticò (film debut), Federica Butera (film debut), Ludovico Caldarera (The Great Beauty), Nunzia Lo Presti (Amare Amaro), Matteo Contino (film debut), Alberto Gottuso (film debut), Tatu La Vecchia (Boys on the Outside), Massimiliano Ubaldi (Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time), Filippo Parisi (film debut), Giuseppe di Marca (film debut)

WHO’S BEHIND THE CAMERA?

Marco Bellocchio (The Wedding Director), director, writer; Valia Santella (Sweet Dreams), Ludovica Rampoldi (The Invisible Boy) and Francesco Piccolo (The Leisure Seeker), writers; Beppe Caschetto (Fiore), Viola Fügen (Foxtrot), Simone Gattoni (Blood of My Blood), Caio Gullane (A Wolf at the Door), Fabiano Gullane (The Second Mother), Alexandra Henochsberg (Happy as Lazzaro) and Michael Weber (Looking for Simon), producers; Nicola Piovani (Life Is Beautiful), composer; Vladan Radovic (The Complexity of Happiness), cinematographer; Francesca Calvelli (No Man’s Land), editor

WHAT’S IT ABOUT?

In 1980s Sicily, Tommaso Buscetta (Favino) becomes the first mafia boss to turn informant on his and others’ mobster activities…

IN ONE SENTENCE, WHY SHOULD YOU BE EXCITED?

The fascinating real-life story of mafia boss turned informant Tommas Buscetta is given the epic crime movie treatment in this sweeping Italian biographical drama.

WHEN’S IT OUT?

FRIDAY 24TH JULY 2020

Want to decide what the movie’s like for yourself?
Check out The Traitor
via 

Search from over ten years of movies here:

Other recent reviews:

The Fall Guy (2024, dir. David Leitch)

A Hollywood stuntman winds up on an epic misadventure during his latest gig…

Tarot (2024, dirs. Spenser Cohen and Anna Halberg)

A group of teenagers find themselves haunted after messing with spiritual tarot cards…

The Idea of You (2024, dir. Michael Showalter)

A 40-year-old single mother begins a relationship with a much younger pop star…

Love Lies Bleeding (2024, dir. Rose Glass)

A gym manager falls in love with an ambitious bodybuilder…

Jericho Ridge (2023, dir. Will Gilbey)

A group of murderous criminals target a remote Sherriff’s Office…

I.S.S. (2024, dir. Gabriela Cowperthwaite)

A group of American and Russian astronauts find themselves up against one another…

In the Land of Saints and Sinners (2023, dir. Robert Lorenz)

In 70s Ireland, a contract killer goes up against a group of IRA terrorists…

There’s Still Tomorrow (2024, dir. Paola Cortellesi)

In post-war Rome, an abused housewife seeks personal liberation…

The American Society of Magical Negroes (2024, dir. Kobi Libii)

A young Black man is recruited into a secretive organisation that betters the lives of White people…

Boy Kills World (2024, dir. Moritz Mohr)

A young deaf-mute man takes revenge against the regime that killed his family…