---
title: 'The Traitor (2019)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Marco Bellocchio'
released: '2019-05-23'
runtime_minutes: 148
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'History'
countries:
  - 'Germany'
  - 'Brazil'
  - 'France'
  - 'Italy'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-traitor-2019'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7736478/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Traitor (2019)

2019 · 148 min · Drama, History · Germany, Brazil, France, Italy

Original title: Il traditore

## Synopsis

The Traitor is a 2019 internationally co-produced biographical crime drama film co-written and directed by Marco Bellocchio, about the life of Tommaso Buscetta, the first Sicilian Mafia boss who was treated by some as pentito. Pierfrancesco Favino stars as Buscetta, alongside Maria Fernanda Cândido, Fabrizio Ferracane, Fausto Russo Alesi and Luigi Lo Cascio.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Marco Bellocchio](https://cinepixo.com/people/marco-bellocchio)
- **Screenplay:** [Marco Bellocchio](https://cinepixo.com/people/marco-bellocchio), [Francesco Piccolo](https://cinepixo.com/people/francesco-piccolo), [Ludovica Rampoldi](https://cinepixo.com/people/ludovica-rampoldi), [Valia Santella](https://cinepixo.com/people/valia-santella)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Nicola Piovani](https://cinepixo.com/people/nicola-piovani)
- **Producer:** [Giuseppe Caschetto](https://cinepixo.com/people/giuseppe-caschetto), [Simone Gattoni](https://cinepixo.com/people/simone-gattoni)
- **Director of Photography:** [Vladan Radovic](https://cinepixo.com/people/vladan-radovic)
- **Editor:** [Francesca Calvelli](https://cinepixo.com/people/francesca-calvelli)

## Cast

- [Maria Fernanda Cândido](https://cinepixo.com/people/maria-fernanda-candido)
- [Elia Schilton](https://cinepixo.com/people/elia-schilton)
- [Bebo Storti](https://cinepixo.com/people/bebo-storti)
- [Luigi Lo Cascio](https://cinepixo.com/people/luigi-lo-cascio)
- [Pierfrancesco Favino](https://cinepixo.com/people/pierfrancesco-favino)
- [Alessio Praticò](https://cinepixo.com/people/alessio-pratico)
- [Giovanni Calcagno](https://cinepixo.com/people/giovanni-calcagno)
- [Fabrizio Ferracane](https://cinepixo.com/people/fabrizio-ferracane)

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Official site: https://www.sonyclassics.com/thetraitor/
Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-traitor-2019
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