The Traitor (2019)
A Mafia insider's daring betrayal reshapes the underworld. A must-watch for crime drama enthusiasts; not for the faint-hearted.
Genres: Drama, Crime, Thriller
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The Traitor(2019)
Overview
In 1980s Sicily, a mafia insider flees escalating clan violence by moving his family to Brazil. After a series of personal setbacks forces him back to Italy, he chooses to cooperate with authorities, setting off confessions that reshape his future and shake the criminal organization from within.
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Pros: gripping true-crime scope; intense central performance; compelling courtroom tension | Cons: sprawling narrative; dialogue-heavy pace; later stretch less engaging
Will You Like This?
You’ll likely enjoy this if you want a serious, character-driven crime drama rooted in Italian history, with long stretches of testimony and courtroom conflict; Not for you if you want nonstop action or a simple plot like The Nile Hilton Incident.
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Movie that brings Italian history to light, the story of a country that came to acknowledge the existence of the mafia, for the first time in its entirety, which led even the most reluctant to realize the existence of this perfect machine. The precision that Favino has in telling and interpreting the role of Tommaso Buscetta gave me shivers, he certainly studied a lot to be able to make an exact copy of the man that Buscetta was.
You''d think a 2 1/2 hour biopic about a mafia informer in the 1980s would drag a little, and you''d be right. _Il Traditore_ / _The Traitor_ is a visually well-made film with a good cast that -- apart from a few requisite mafia shoot-outs -- spends too much time focusing on the fringes of the story in order to appear artsy, rather than getting down to brass bullets.
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Despite the intimidating sprawl of its narrative, 'The Traitor' presents an interesting knot of a character for the audience to unravel as they watch the confessions of a traitor revealing the mafia's darkest secrets. - Jake Watt Read Jake's full article... https://www.maketheswitch.com.au/article/review-the-traitor-crime-and-punishment-in-sicily
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