Archive of films Kidnapped / Rapito

Italy / France / Germany
2023, 125 min

Section: Horizons
Year: 2023

Synopsis

In this gripping historical drama, legend of Italian cinema Marco Bellocchio looks back at a case that began in 1858, when six-year-old Edgardo Mortaro was forcibly removed from his Jewish family on the basis of the Catholic authorities’ claim that he had been secretly baptized as an infant and must therefore be raised as a Catholic. Papal law is unrelenting, and despite the protests of the Jewish community, the boy is taken to Rome, where he is given a Catholic education. This story of a family divided becomes intertwined with the process of Italian unification, the rebellions against the rule of Pope Pius IX, and the Church’s desperate attempts to hold on to its unlimited power.

Anna Kořínek

About the director

Marco Bellocchio (1939, Bobbio, Italy). Selected filmography: Fist in His Pocket (I pugni in tasca, 1965), Slap the Monster on Page One (Sbatti il mostro in prima pagina, 1972), Victory March (Marcia trionfale, 1976), Henry IV (Enrico IV, 1984), Good Morning, Night (Buongiorno, notte!, 2003), Sweet Dreams (Fai bei sogni, 2016), The Traitor (Il traditore, 2019), Kidnapped (Rapito, 2023).

Contacts

The Match Factory
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Germany
Tel: +49 221 539 7090
E-mail: [email protected]

Aerofilms
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Czech Republic
Tel: +420 224 947 566
E-mail: [email protected]

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About the film

Color, DCP

Section:	Horizons

Director:	Marco Bellocchio
Screenplay:	Marco Bellocchio, Susanna Nicchiarelli
Dir. of Photography:	Francesco Di Giacomo
Music:	Fabio Massimo Capogrosso
Editor:	Francesca Calvelli, Stefano Mariotti
Art Director:	Andrea Castorina
Producer:	Beppe Caschetto, Simone Gattoni
Production:	BC Movie, Kavac Film, Rai Cinema
Coproduction:	Ad Vitam Production, The Match Factory
Cast:	Paolo Pierobon, Fausto Russo Alesi, Barbara Ronchi, Enea Sala, Leonardo Maltese
Sales:	The Match Factory
Distributor:	Aerofilms