Kidnapped
2023
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Kidnapped
2023
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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.
Countries:
FR, DE, IT
Languages:
Hebrew, Italian, Latin
Runtime:
2hrs 14min
Status:
Released
Release date:
2023-05-25
Release format:
Streaming
— Oct 16, 2023
A film that uses melodrama with a certain sobriety to denounce the abuses of institutions, in this case the Catholic Church of Pope Pius IX. With an excellent soundtrack by Fabio Massimo Capogrosso, which constantly relies on a funereal tone, there is a constant meditation on death (the crucified Christ, the funerals that take place throughout history...) that delves into the progressive loss of a spiritual life as assumed by the protagonists. Marco Bellocchio once again offers an emotional chronicle of Italian history in its darkest side.