(ANSA) - Rome, February 18 - Marco Bellocchio's mafia
turncoat drama Il Traditore got the most nominations for
Italy'as Oscars, the David di Donatello awards, with 18 nods on
Tuesday.
Matteo Rovere's Primo Re and Matteo Garrone's Pinocchio came
second with 15 nominations each.
Pietro Marcello's Martin Eden came next in line, with 11
nods.
The Davids will be given out on live TV on Friday April 3.
The ceremony is always a prime-time event for RAI State
broadcaster RAI's flagship Raiuno channel.
Il Traditore stars Pierfrancesco Favino as the first big Cosa
Nostra informant, Tommaso Buscetta, 'the boss of the two
worlds'.
Bellocchio gets most David nods
Then Rovere and Garrone with 15, Marcello with 11