(Not surprisingly, “The Traitor” did not make its category’s coveted shortlist.) “The Traitor,” his sprawling look at Tommaso Buscetta, the man who brought down the Cosa Nostra (he died in 2000), is not without its topical and historical heft. The movie tracks how the imposing Buscetta, memorably played with a compelling mix of swagger, conviction and inscrutability by the bull-like Pierfrancesco Favino, went from Sicilian mafia head (a.k.a. AdvertisementMeantime, back in Sicily, Buscetta’s adult sons, Benedetto (Gabriele Cicirello) and Antonio (Paride Cicirello), and brother are murdered by the Corleonesi. But like much else here, these scenes drag on and become bogged down by detail and process.

Source: Los Angeles Times January 30, 2020 20:26 UTC