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May 24, 2024 · Set in 1800s Italy and based on a true story, “Kidnapped” is so primally upsetting that you would think it would be unbearable to watch. But it proves intoxicating, at times nearly overwhelming, thanks to perfect casting, an economical and impassioned screenplay, and filmmaking overseen by 84-year-old cowriter-director Marco Bellocchio, who ...
May 30, 2024 · Edgardo Mortara was just 6 years old when Italian authorities took him away from his family in 1858. Kidnapped is a true story steeped in Roman Catholic antisemitism.
Jun 1, 2024 · Directed by the esteemed Italian provocateur Marco Bellocchio, the drama takes its heated inspiration from a notorious real-life incident of antisemitism.
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May 23, 2023 · ‘Kidnapped’ Review: Marco Bellocchio’s Luxuriant Account of Religious Child Abduction Is Dignified but Dusty. A Jewish boy forcibly converted to Christianity becomes a favorite of Pope Pius IX in...
May 23, 2023 · ‘Kidnapped’ Review: Marco Bellocchio’s Intriguing if Overheated Historical Drama About a Jewish Boy Seized By the Church. The Italian auteur's latest feature delves into an incident that...
May 23, 2023 · What begins as a somber persecution drama leads to a bittersweet tale of childhood resilience, as Edgardo (young actor Enea Sala, heartbreaking in the role) must adjust to new life at an orphanage...
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With the story of a Jewish boy kidnapped and converted to Catholicism in 1858, director Marco Bellocchio delivers a passionate and outrageous diatribe against the church. [Full review in...
