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In 1858 Bologna, a 6-year-old named Edgardo Mortara was seized by authorities of the papal state, taken away from his Jewish parents, and placed in the care of the Church. Believed to have been baptized in the cradle under odd circumstances, the child would be claimed as a Catholic. His mind erased of his family’s religious heritage and beliefs, Edgardo was, unbeknownst to him, at the center of an international firestorm that led directly to the Italian people’s rejection of the Pope’s rule amidst the tumultuous Risorgimento. In this sumptuously mounted film from treasured octogenarian director Marco Bellocchio, the Mortara case becomes an extraordinary, nearly operatic historical drama. Kidnapped is at once a personal, human-scale narrative of a family in crisis, following parents who will do anything to retrieve their child from the clutches of a ruthless theocratic government, and a wide-scope portrait of a country on the cusp of revolution. An NYFF61 Main Slate selection. A Cohen Media Group release.
Original Release
05/25/2023
US Release
05/24/2024
Cast
Name | Character |
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Paolo Pierobon | Papa Pio IX |
Fausto Russo Alesi | Momolo Mortara / Salomone Mortara |
Barbara Ronchi | Marianna Padovani Mortara / Marianna Mortara |
Enea Sala | Edgardo Mortara da bambino / Edgardo Mortara bambino |
Leonardo Maltese | Edgardo Mortara da ragazzo / Edgardo Mortara ragazzo |
Filippo Timi | Cardinal Giacomo Antonelli |
Fabrizio Gifuni | Pier Gaetano Feletti |
Andrea Gherpelli | Angelo Padovani |
Samuele Teneggi | Riccardo Mortara |
Corrado Invernizzi | Giudice Carboni |
Directors
Writers
Marco Bellocchio, Susanna Nicchiarelli, Edoardo Albinati, Daniela Ceselli, Daniele Scalise
Cast
Name | Character |
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Paolo Pierobon | Papa Pio IX |
Fausto Russo Alesi | Momolo Mortara / Salomone Mortara |
Barbara Ronchi | Marianna Padovani Mortara / Marianna Mortara |
Enea Sala | Edgardo Mortara da bambino / Edgardo Mortara bambino |
Leonardo Maltese | Edgardo Mortara da ragazzo / Edgardo Mortara ragazzo |
Filippo Timi | Cardinal Giacomo Antonelli |
Fabrizio Gifuni | Pier Gaetano Feletti |
Andrea Gherpelli | Angelo Padovani |
Samuele Teneggi | Riccardo Mortara |
Corrado Invernizzi | Giudice Carboni |
Aurora Camatti | Anna Morisi |
Paolo Calabresi | Sabatino Scazzocchio |
Bruno Cariello | Maresciallo Lucidi |
Walter Lippa | Angelo Moscati |
Alessandro Bandini | Padre Mariano |
Leonardo Bianconi | Brigadiere Agostini |
Daniele Aldrovandi | Bonaiuto Sanguinetti |
Fabrizio Contri | Avvocato Jussi / Avvocado Jussi |
Giustiniano Alpi | Avvocato Liberale / Avvocado liberale |
Orfeo Orlando | Rabbino Vita |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Patrick Carrarin | Executive Producer |
Maurizio Feverati | Executive Producer |
Alessio Lazzareschi | Executive Producer |
Beppe Caschetto | Producer |
Sonia Cilia | Producer |
Paolo Del Brocco | Producer |
Viola Fügen | Producer |
Simone Gattoni | Producer |
Alexandra Henochsberg | Producer |
Pierre-François Piet | Producer |
Michael Weber | Producer |
Olivier Père | Producer |
Gaudy Rossi | Producer |
Sebastian Fröhlich | Producer |
Maya Scherr-Willson | Producer |
Cécile Tollu-Polonowski | Producer |