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KIDNAPPED Italy-France-Germany, 2023, 125′, color, movie

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 take a political dimension. But the Church and the Pope will not agree to return the child, to consolidate an increasingly wavering power…

 

AWARDS AND NOMINATIONS

Cannes ’23 – Nomination for Palme d'Or

Marco Bellocchio

Marco Bellocchio

Marco Bellocchio was born in 1939. He began studying philosophy but then decided to enter film school, making his first film, “Fists in the Pocket“, winner of the “Silver Sail“ at the 1965 Festival del film Locarno. He made a big impact on radical Italian cinema in the mid-sixties. He was awarded with the “Golden Lion“ for Lifetime Achievement at the 68th Venice International Film Festival in September 2011.

SELECTED FILMOGRAPHY

1965 I pugni in tasca

1971 Nel nome del padre

1986 Diavolo in corpo

2009 Vincere

2019 Traitor

2021 Marx Can Wait

2022 Exterior, Night

2023 Kidnapped (Rapito)

DIRECTOR
Marco Bellocchio
SCRIPT
Marco Bellocchio, Susanna Nicchiarelli
CAMERA
Франческо Ди Джакомо
MUSIC
Fabio Massimo Capogrosso
CAST
Paolo Pierobon, Fausto Russo Alesi, Barbara Ronchi, Enea Sala, Leonardo Maltese
PRODUCERS
Beppe Caschetto, Simone Gattoni

KIDNAPPED Italy-France-Germany, 2023, 125′, color, movie

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