Kidnapped

2023 134 min ★ 7.3 Drama, History

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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Cast

Enea Sala

Edgardo Mortara (child)

Leonardo Maltese

Edgardo Mortara

Paolo Pierobon

Pio IX

Fausto Russo Alesi

Momolo Mortara

Barbara Ronchi

Marianna Mortara

Andrea Gherpelli

Angelo Padovani

Samuele Teneggi

Riccardo Mortara

Corrado Invernizzi

Giudice Carboni

Filippo Timi

Giacomo Antonelli

Fabrizio Gifuni

Pier Gaetano Feletti

Details

Director

Marco Bellocchio

Screenplay

Susanna Nicchiarelli

Status

Released

Original Language

IT

Budget

$14,100,000

Revenue

$4,123,091

Production

The Match Factory, IBC MOvie, Kavac Film, RAI Cinema, Ad Vitam Production, BR, ARTE France Cinéma

Reviews

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CinemaSerf

April 27, 2024

★ 7/10

Based on a bizarre true story, this follows the tale of the young Edgardo Sala who was living quite happily with his Jewish parents and siblings in Bologna until an official arrives one evening to tell them he is to be removed from their care. Why? It appears that many years earlier when he was in his cradle, he has been baptised and so must therefore be looked after by the church. Despite their a...