Kidnapped
Director Marco Bellocchio stirred Cannes with this gripping historical drama recounting the true story of a six-year-old Jewish boy, Edgardo Mortara, who was abducted by the Vatican in 1858.
Bellocchio explores historical anti-semitism with an operatic sweep, interrogating what happens when human values are abandoned by dogmatic authoritarianism. Sixty years of filmmaking give 83-year-old Bellocchio an assured mastery of a period film with old-school grandeur.
“Kidnapped is an expertly paced, gorgeously shot and evocative true story of faith, family, and the power of people coming together to right deeply ingrained wrongs.” ~Empire
“A brutal convulsion of tyranny, power and bigotry…” ~Peter Bradshaw, The Guardian
Cast
Barbara Ronchi , Fausto Russo Alesi , Paolo Pierobon , Leonardo Maltese , Enea Sala , Bruno Cariello , Fabrizio Contri
Director
Language
Italian
Subtitles
English
Countries
Italy, France, Germany
Studio
Madman
