Kidnapped

The story of Edgardo Mortara, a young Jewish boy living in Bologna, Italy, who in 1858, after being secretly baptized, was forcibly taken from his family to be raised as a Christian. His parents’ struggle to free their son became part of a larger political battle that pitted the papacy against forces of democracy and Italian unification.

Keywords

  • Biopics
  • Festival de Cannes
  • Focus: Marco Bellocchio
  • Italian Cinema
  • Italian success
  • Les César du cinéma
  • San Sebastian Film Festival
  • history

Actors

  • Enea Sala
  • Leonardo Maltese
  • Paolo Pierobon
  • Fausto Russo Alesi
  • Barbara Ronchi

Director

  • Marco Bellocchio

Drama

2h 14min

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IT

NL

FR

France
Germany
Italy
2023
The story of Edgardo Mortara, a young Jewish boy living in Bologna, Italy, who in 1858, after being secretly baptized, was forcibly taken from his family to be raised as a Christian. His parents’ struggle to free their son became part of a larger political battle that pitted the papacy against forces of democracy and Italian unification.

The story of Edgardo Mortara, a young Jewish boy living in Bologna, Italy, who in 1858, after being secretly baptized, was forcibly taken from his family to be raised as a Christian. His parents’ struggle to free their son became part of a larger political battle that pitted the papacy against forces of democracy and Italian unification.


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