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.
- Year: 2023
- Country: France, Germany, Italy
- Genre: Drama, History
- Studio: IBC MOvie, Kavac Film, Ad Vitam Production, The Match Factory, RAI Cinema, ARTE, Ciné+, Canal+, La Région Île-de-France, MiC, Istituto Luce Cinecittà, Film- und Medienstiftung NRW, Regione Emilia-Romagna, Regione Lazio
- Keyword: italy, pope, baptism, child kidnapping, 19th century, bologna, 1800s, 1850s
- Director: Marco Bellocchio
- Cast: Enea Sala, Leonardo Maltese, Paolo Pierobon, Fausto Russo Alesi, Barbara Ronchi, Andrea Gherpelli