Kidnapped
Director Marco Bellocchio Screenwriters Marco Bellocchio, Susanna Nicchiarelli
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Director:
Marco Bellocchio
Language:
Italian, Hebrew
Screenwriter:
Marco Bellocchio, Susanna Nicchiarelli
Country/Region:
Italy / France / Germany
Running Time:
134 min
Cast:
Paolo Pierobon, Fausto Russo Alesi, Barbara Ronchi
Synopsis
In 1858, in the Jewish quarter of Bologna, the Pope's soldiers burst into the home of the Mortara family. By order of the cardinal, they have come to take Edgardo, the seven-year-old son. The child had been secretly baptized by his nurse as a baby and the papal law is unquestionable: he must receive a Catholic education. Edgardo's parents, distraught, will do anything to get their son back. But the Church and the Pope will not agree to return the child, to consolidate an increasingly wavering power...
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