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One of the most revealing portraits of the Cosa Nostra on film

The Hollywood Reporter

Archive - Festival 35
Director: Marco Bellocchio
Italy, Brazil, Germany, France 2019
145 minutes
Italian
Subtitles in Hebrew, English

Italy's Academy Award Nominee

It is the early 1980’s and an all-out war rages within the Sicilian Mafia. Mafia boss Tommaso Buscetta flees to hide out in Brazil while at home in Italy his allies are killed off one by one. Extradited by the Brazilian police, Buscetta makes a decision that will change the entire history of the Mafia: He decides to meet with Judge Falcone and betray the eternal vow he made to the Cosa Nostra.

The new drama by Marco Bellocchio re-creates the Mafia Maxi Trials and questions the nature of repentance.

Filmography: Buongiorno, notte (2003), L'ora di religione (2002).

Director Marco Bellocchio
Production Beppe Caschetto
Script Marco Bellocchio, Ludovica Rampoldi, Valia Santella, Francesco Piccolo
Cinematography Vladan Radovic
Editing Francesca Calvelli
Music Nicola Piovani
Festivals Cannes, Karlovy Vary, Toronto
Actors Pierfrancesco Favino, Maria Fernanda Candido, Fabrizio Ferracane, Luigi Lo Cascio
Source Lev Cinemas Ltd.