KIDNAPPED

RAPITO

By Marco BELLOCCHIO

DEUTCHMAN COMPANY INC - as DISTR Theatrical, USA / CONS

Historical - Completed 2023

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.

Festivals
& Awards

Festival de Cannes 2023
Competition
Karlovy Vary IFF 2023
Toronto - TIFF 2023
Special Presentations
Zurich FF 2023
Gala Premieres
Busan IFF 2023
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    • Year of production
    • 2023
    • Genres
    • Historical, Epic
    • Countries
    • ITALY
    • Duration
    • 125 mn
    • Director(s)
    • Marco BELLOCCHIO
    • 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 take a political dimension. But the Church and the Pope will not agree to return the child, to consolidate an increasingly wavering power …