The Traitor
“The true story about the man who brought down the Mafia”
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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Cast
90 people
Pierfrancesco Favino
Tommaso Buscetta
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Maria Fernanda Cândido
Maria Cristina de Almeida
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Marco Bellocchio Director · Francesco Piccolo Screenplay Ludovica Rampoldi Screenplay
Director Screenplay
Marco Bellocchio
Screenplay
Francesco Piccolo
Screenplay
Ludovica Rampoldi
Composer
Nicola Piovani
Cinematographer
Vladan Radović
Editor
Francesca Calvelli
Production designer
Jutta Freyer
Production designer
Andrea Castorina
Production designer
Daniela Vilela
Costume designer
Gabriella Marra
Costume designer
Daria Calvelli
United States release January 31, 2020 · Produced in Brazil, France, Germany, Italy · Languages English, Italian, Portuguese
Production
IBC MOvie
Production
Kavac Film
Production
The Match Factory
Production
Gullane Entretenimento
Production
Canal+
Production
Ciné+
Production
Ad Vitam Production
Production
RAI
Production
ARTE
Production
ZDF
Production
Telecine
Production
Canal Brasil
Production
RAI Cinema
Production
Sony Pictures Classics
Studio
Brazil · France · Germany · Italy
Produced in
Languages
Original title
Il traditore
Original language
Italian
Spoken on screen
English · Italian · Portuguese
Release dates
France · May 23, 2019
Premiere · Cannes Film Festival
Italy · May 23, 2019
Theatrical
United States · January 31, 2020
Limited theatrical
United States · May 12, 2020
Digital
United States
October 2, 2019 · Premiere · New York Film Festival
October 11, 2019 · Premiere · Hamptons International Film Festival
October 22, 2019 · Premiere · Chicago International Film Festival
November 16, 2019 · Premiere · AFI Fest
January 6, 2020 · Premiere · Palm Springs International Film Festival
Argentina
November 9, 2019 · Premiere · Mar del Plata Film Festival
Australia
September 29, 2020 · Premiere · Italian Film Festival
Austria
August 14, 2020 · Theatrical
Belgium
October 17, 2019 · Premiere · Gent International Film Festival
December 18, 2019 · Theatrical
Brazil
December 11, 2019 · Premiere · Rio de Janeiro International Film Festival
April 14, 2022 · Theatrical
Canada
September 5, 2019 · Premiere · Toronto International Film Festival
February 7, 2020 · Limited theatrical
China
August 23, 2020 · Premiere · Beijing International Film Festival
Czechia
November 21, 2019 · Theatrical
Estonia
January 3, 2020 · Theatrical
France
October 15, 2019 · Premiere · Grand Lyon Film Festival
October 26, 2019 · Premiere · Montpellier Mediterranean Film Festival
October 30, 2019 · Theatrical · Visa CNC 149845
March 3, 2020 · Physical · DVD & Blu-ray
October 29, 2026 · TV · France 3 Corse via Stella
Germany
July 2, 2019 · Premiere · Munich International Film Festival
October 14, 2019 · Premiere · Film Festival Cologne
August 13, 2020 · Theatrical
Greece
November 7, 2019 · Premiere · Thessaloniki International Film Festival
September 10, 2020 · Theatrical
Hungary
November 6, 2019 · Premiere · Mittel Cinema Fest
March 12, 2020 · Theatrical
Japan
August 28, 2020 · Theatrical
Netherlands
January 16, 2020 · Theatrical
Poland
July 28, 2019 · Premiere · Two Riversides Film and Art Festival
July 29, 2019 · Premiere · New Horizons Film Festival
July 3, 2020 · Theatrical
Portugal
October 24, 2019 · Theatrical
May 11, 2021 · TV · RTP 2
Romania
February 21, 2020 · Theatrical
Russia
September 15, 2019 · Premiere · Message to Man International Film Festival
November 28, 2019 · Theatrical
Singapore
July 31, 2020 · Premiere · Italian Film Festival
Slovakia
September 13, 2019 · Premiere · International Film Festival Cinematik
January 23, 2020 · Theatrical
South Korea
October 4, 2019 · Premiere · Busan International Film Festival
November 21, 2019 · Theatrical
Spain
December 5, 2019 · Theatrical
Sweden
May 22, 2021 · TV
Switzerland
September 12, 2019 · Theatrical · Italian
November 5, 2019 · Premiere · French · Geneva International Film Festival
November 6, 2019 · Theatrical · French
February 6, 2020 · Theatrical · German
Tunisia
October 27, 2019 · Premiere · Carthage Film Festival
Türkiye
October 7, 2019 · Premiere · Filmekimi
December 13, 2019 · Theatrical
United Kingdom
October 6, 2019 · Premiere · BFI London Film Festival
July 24, 2020 · Digital
November 30, 2020 · Physical · DVD
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