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Kidnapped

Original title: Rapito

2023 · 2 h 14 · Germany, France, Italy · Italian

  • Drama
  • History

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.

Directed by
Marco Bellocchio
Written by
Susanna Nicchiarelli, Marco Bellocchio
Based on
Daniele Scalise

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