"There is a sort of prequel to this movie: it happened when the producer proposed me to direct a film about Tommaso Buscetta. That’s when I began to read and study, to understand a little more about this unusual man.”

That’s how the conversation between director Marco Bellocchio and actor Pierfrancesco Favino took off during an exclusive interview with L'Italo-Americano, recounting the work behind Il Traditore, The Traitor, while on tour around the United States. The movie is also the Italian selection for the 2020 Oscars.