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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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
Director
Marco Bellocchio
Screenplay
Marco Bellocchio
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
CinemaSerf
April 27, 2024
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...
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