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
