Love and scandal are the best sweeteners of tea. —Henry Fielding

04 December 2020

The Traitor


Marco Bellocchio's Il Traditore has a very late point of attack, but then it also goes on far longer than it ought to. It's an odd way to tell this story of the first trials to bring down Cosa Nostra in Sicily and Italy. But it's so stylishly and intriguingly made and Pierfrancesco Favino is so good that Il Traditore manages still to be emotionally affecting and interesting throughout, even if the tone frequently felt off to me.

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