Everyone loves a good film about organized crime. For many film fans, this is such a foreign concept in their personal lives, but also something that has been a staple in the crime genre for decades. If you’re someone that enjoys a great mob film, watching a new one has a comforting feeling. If that describes you, then you better keep an eye out for the upcoming film “The Traitor.”
As seen in the new trailer for “The Traitor,” the film follows the incredible true story of one man’s attempt to rid himself of the mafia lifestyle and leave the infamous Cosa Nostra in Italy. As you might expect, especially if you’ve seen a few of these sorts of films, leaving the mafia is way easier said than done. And in “The Traitor,” leaving Cosa Nosta doesn’t involve a hail of gunfire. Instead, it involves the legal system, which might be just as dangerous.
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The crime drama features Pierfrancesco Favino as Tommaso Buscetta, the man at the heart of the story that attempts to single-handedly take down Cosa Nostra. “The Traitor” is directed by Marco Bellocchio, who has been involved in filmmaking since the ‘60s and has been a regular face in the festival circuit. His most recent film, prior to “The Traitor,” was the 2016 drama, “Sweet Dreams.” He co-wrote his latest alongside Valia Santella, Ludovica Rampoldi, Francesco Piccolo, and Francesco La Licata.
“The Traitor” will be released by Sony Pictures Classics in early 2020.
Here’s the synopsis:
THE TRAITOR starts in the early 1980’s, when an all-out war rages between Sicilian mafia bosses over the heroin trade. Tommaso Buscetta, a made man, flees to hide out in Brazil. Back home, scores are being settled and Buscetta watches from afar as his sons and brother are killed in Palermo, knowing he may be next. Arrested and extradited to Italy by the Brazilian police, Buscetta makes a decision that will change everything for the Mafia: he decides to meet with Judge Giovanni Falcone and betray the eternal vow he made to the Casa Nostra.
