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Summary 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 pare...

Directed By: Marco Bellocchio

Written By: Marco Bellocchio, Susanna Nicchiarelli, Edoardo Albinati, Daniela Ceselli, Daniele Scalise

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  • 2024
  • Cohen Media Group
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  • 2 h 14 m

Kidnapped: The Abduction of Edgardo Mortara

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 13 Critic Reviews
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Summary 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 pare...

Directed By: Marco Bellocchio

Written By: Marco Bellocchio, Susanna Nicchiarelli, Edoardo Albinati, Daniela Ceselli, Daniele Scalise

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Generally Favorable Based on 13 Critic Reviews
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54% Positive
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Generally Favorable Based on 13 Critic Reviews
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100
Apr 24, 2024
Kidnapped is an expertly paced, gorgeously shot and evocative true story of faith, family, and the power of people coming together to right deeply ingrained wrongs.
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May 23, 2024
Mr. Bellocchio, who also co-wrote the screenplay with Susanna Nicchiarelli, has crafted a weighty, suspenseful family drama that touches on the eternal conflicts of religion but widens into a consideration of law, personal development and power politics.
By Kyle Smith FULL REVIEW
80
Apr 28, 2024
With stately restraint, Bellocchio manages to put the audience in an ever-tightening chokehold of tension and outrage.
By Wendy Ide FULL REVIEW
75
Sep 8, 2023
The story is kept at a stress-inducing simmer, with occasional surges of operatic emotion.
By Keith Uhlich FULL REVIEW
60
May 25, 2023
Solid, stately and — like the collapsing Papal States of the Italian Peninsula in the late 1800s — just a little too tradition-bound for its own good.
By Jessica Kiang FULL REVIEW
58
May 25, 2023
While the filmmaker has a better grasp on conveying well-staged melodrama than many of his contemporaries half his age (Fabio Massimo Capogrosso’s score and Francesco Di Giacomo‘s cinematography assist), the heart of the story somehow still gets lost. Even a final scene that should capture the tragedy of this tale falls surprisingly flat.
By Gregory Ellwood FULL REVIEW
50
May 25, 2023
Despite the cool, screeching, horror-like score and some memorable moments, Kidnapped plays more like a heavy sigh than an absorbing adaptation of history.
By Luke Hicks FULL REVIEW

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Production Company IBC Movie, Kavac Film, Rai Cinema, Ad Vitam Production, The Match Factory, ARTE, Canal+, Cine+, Film- und Medienstiftung NRW, Ministero della Cultura (MiC), La Région Île-de-France, Emilia-Romagna Film Commission, Regione Lazio, Arte France Cinéma, Cinecittà
Release Date May 24, 2024
Duration 2 h 14 m
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Awards

David di Donatello Awards
• 5 Wins & 11 Nominations
Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists
• 7 Wins & 10 Nominations
Golden Rooster Awards
• 2 Wins & 3 Nominations

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