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Masters

"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.