Movie

Kidnapped (2023)

• May 25, 2023
• 2h 14m

• Drama
• History

Overview

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.

Director

Marco Bellocchio

Writers

Susanna Nicchiarelli, Marco Bellocchio

Starring

Enea Sala, Leonardo Maltese, Paolo Pierobon