KIDNAPPED
a film by MARCO BELLOCCHIO
KIDNAPPED
a film by MARCO BELLOCCHIOa film by
MARCO BELLOCCHIO
produced by
BEPPE CASCHETTO, SIMONE GATTONI
a production
IBC MOVIE, KAVAC FILM
with RAI CINEMA
Italian distribution
01 Distribution
In 1858, in the Jewish district of Bologna, the Pope’s soldiers broke into the Mortara family home. By order of the cardinal, they went to take Edgardo, their seven-year-old son. According to the statements of a maid, believed to be on the verge of death at six months, the child had been secretly baptised. The papal law is unappealable: he must receive a Catholic education.
Edgardo’s distraught parents will do anything to get their son back. Supported by public opinion and the international Jewish community, the Mortara battle soon takes on a political dimension. But the Pope does not agree to return the child. While Edgardo grows in the Catholic faith, the temporal power of the Church is waning and the Savoy troops conquer Rome.
CREW
Director
Marco Bellocchio
Storyline
Marco Bellocchio
Screenplay
Marco Bellocchio
Susanna Nicchiarelli
A production IBC Movie, Kavac Film
With Rai Cinema
In co-production with Ad Vitam Production (France) and The Match Factory (Germany)
Produced by Beppe Caschetto, Simone Gattoni, Paolo Del Brocco for Rai Cinema
Co-produced with the participation of Canal +, Cine’ + e Br/Arte France Cinéma in association with Film-und Medienstiftung NRW with the support of Région Ile-de-France
The film received the selective contribution of the MIC Ministero della Cultura and the support of Regione Emilia-Romagna through the Emilia–Romagna Film Commission
Project development Anastasia Michelagnoli
Executive producer Patrick Carrarin
Executive producers Alessio Lazzareschi, Maurizio Feverati
Editing Francesca Calvelli, Stefano Mariotti
Photography Francesco Di Giacomo
Music Fabio Massimo Capogrosso
Scenography Andrea Castorina
Costumes Sergio Ballo, Daria Calvelli
Italian distribution 01 Distribution
International sales The Match Factory
Press Office Studio PUNTOeVIRGOLA
CAST
Enea Sala
Leonardo Maltese
Paolo Pierobon
Fausto Russo Alesi
Barbara Ronchi
Andrea Gherpelli
Samuele Teneggi
Corrado Invernizzi
Filippo Timi (as Cardinal Antonelli)
and with Fabrizio Gifuni