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‘The Traitor’ opens at Cinema Art Theater Feb. 28

February 26, 2020

Starting Friday, Feb 28, the Rehoboth Beach Film Society’s Cinema Art Theater will present “The Traitor,” a biographical crime drama based on the life a Sicilian crime boss who brought down the Cosa Nostra.

In the early 1980s, an all-out war rages between Sicilian mafia bosses over the heroin trade. Tommaso Buscetta, a made-man, flees to hide out in Brazil. Back home, scores are being settled and Buscetta watches from afar as his sons and brother are killed in Palermo, knowing he may be next. Arrested and extradited to Italy by the Brazilian police, Buscetta makes a decision that will change everything for the Mafia. He decides to meet with Judge Giovanni Falcone and betray the eternal vow he made to the Cosa Nostra.

Screening times are 3 and 6 p.m., Friday, Feb. 28; 3 and 6 p.m, Saturday, Feb 29; 2 p.m., Sunday, March 1; 2 p.m., Monday, March 2; 2 p.m., Wed., March 4; and 3 and 6 p.m., Thursday, March 5. Admission is $8 for members and $11 for future members. Customers are encouraged to purchase tickets online. If seats are available, tickets can be purchased at the theater starting 30 minutes prior to each screening.

For more information on this series, other events, or to become a member, go to www.rehobothfilm.com or call 302-645-9095.

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