The story of Edgardo Mortara, a young Jewish Italian boy, 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. 

Kidnapped

Synopsis

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. The child had been secretly baptized by his nurse as a baby and the papal law is unquestionable: he must receive a Catholic education. Edgardo's parents, distraught, will do anything to get their son back. Supported by public opinion and the international Jewish community, the Mortaras' struggle quickly takes a political dimension. But the Church and the Pope will not agree to return the child, to consolidate an increasingly wavering power. 

Credits

Rating: 12A 
Genre: Drama, History 
Director: Marco Bellocchio 
Stars: Paolo Pierobon, Fausto Russo Alesi, Barbara Ronchi  

Please note

This film is in Italian with English subtitles.

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