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Kidnapped (Italian: Rapito), released in the US as Kidnapped: The Abduction of Edgardo Mortara, [4] is a 2023 Italian-language historical drama film co-written and directed by Marco Bellocchio, about Edgardo Mortara, a young Jewish boy who was taken from his family by the Papal States and raised as a Catholic.
May 24, 2024 · Kidnapped: The Abduction of Edgardo Mortara: Directed by Marco Bellocchio. With Paolo Pierobon, Fausto Russo Alesi, Barbara Ronchi, Enea Sala. A Jewish boy is kidnapped and converted to Catholicism in 1858.
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- Drama, History
- Marco Bellocchio
- 2024-05-24
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 ...
Watch the official trailer for Marco Bellocchio's KIDNAPPED: THE ABDUCTION OF EDGARDO MORTARA In Theaters May 24-Official Selection, Cannes International Fil...
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- Cohen Media Group
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.
- Robert Abele
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.
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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, their seven-year-old son.
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