The Traitor

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The Traitor

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Released Jan 31, 2020

2h 25m

Crime

Drama

Biography

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Tommaso Buscetta becomes the first Mafia informant in 1980s Sicily.

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Critics Consensus

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.

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Tim Robey

Daily Telegraph (UK)

Favino, a familiar face internationally as a lumpen heavy, gives a galvanising career-best performance...

Rated: 4/5

Nov 22, 2020

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Donald Clarke

Irish Times

The Traitor has all the trappings of an indecently immoral entertainment. Yet it has turned out be oddly flattened.

Rated: 3/5

Aug 14, 2020

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Kevin Maher

Times (UK)

A complex character study emerges, one that is inherently unflattering (Buscetta is a ruthless killer), in a restlessly intelligent film.

Rated: 4/5

Jul 24, 2020

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Ben Flanagan

Vague Visages

“It wouldn’t be surprising to see ‘The Traitor’ filed in the Dad-canon of crime cinema alongside other European films like ‘Mesrine’ or ‘The Baader Meinhof Complex’ — films where the context is too wide to sufficiently cover…”

Feb 10, 2024

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Eddie Harrison

film-authority.com

...movies like The Traitor are worth tracking down for their fearless adherence to the ideals of morality. This is a deluxe mob movie, done with the kind of wit, intelligence, and scrupulous spirit that make it a must see...

Rated: 5/5

Nov 30, 2023

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M.N. Miller

Ready Steady Cut

Marco Bellocchio’s The Traitor is his latest slice of unconformist Italian cinema whose mafia tale is a brutal knockout. It has such a rare script that goes against everything we know about conventional mob-genre film rules. It’s a cinematic miracle.

Rated: 4.5/5

Aug 27, 2022

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Alec B

A legal drama that is more compelling than I anticipated. The reason is that the movie never really allows for a moment of triumph for Buscetta or the legal system intent on bringing the Mafia down. There are only small victories surrounded by violence and bitter disappointments.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

01/10/24

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Tony S

A footnote in history of Cosa Nostra. It skillfully presents a complex character of a turncoat, who is facing both his mortality and tries to justify to himself and other, that his traitory isn't a fault of his own. Great reenactments of trial scenes, that were turned into a grotesques circus. With authentic Italian hand gesturing all around. However, the acting sometimes slips into borderline comedy and chaff. The extensive hallucination scenes and metaphorical allusions to themes are really blunt and movie really hammers them in, leaving really few ones for interpretation.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

10/28/21

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Audience Member

A good biopic on Buscetta's life, great acting by Pierfrancesco Favino. (Tommaso Buscetta) Might be better to do some research on the Sicilian Mafia, before watching this movie. A fantastic movie nonetheless.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

01/22/23

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Bill

Your review will help others decide whether to watch.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

02/01/21

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Audience Member

A legal drama that is more compelling than I anticipated. The reason is that the movie never really allows for a moment of triumph for Buscetta or the legal system intent on bringing the Mafia down. There are only small victories surrounded by violence and bitter disappointments.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

02/13/23

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Audience Member

The Traitor does have an interesting story at its core that eventually forms enough clarity in its storytelling, but is often erratically and coarsely presented.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

02/21/23

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Synopsis

Tommaso Buscetta becomes the first Mafia informant in 1980s Sicily.

Director: Marco Bellocchio
Producer: Beppe Caschetto, Fabiano Gullane, Caio Gullane
Screenwriter: Marco Bellocchio, Ludovica Rampoldi, Valia Santella, Francesco Piccolo
Distributor: Sony Pictures Classics
Production Co: Gullane Entertainment, Ad Vitam Production, IBC Movie, RAI Cinema, Kavac Film, Match Factory Productions
Rating: R (Language|Brief Graphic Nudity|Sexual Content|Violence)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Biography
Original Language: Italian
Release Date (Theaters): Jan 31, 2020, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): May 8, 2020
Box Office (Gross USA): $294.8K
Runtime: 2h 25m
Aspect Ratio: 1.66:1

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