Kidnapped: The Abduction of Edgardo Mortara
2023 · Movie · Not Rated · 134 min · ★ 7.3 · 69% critics
In 1850s Italy, a young boy from a Jewish family is taken from his home after a secret baptism is used to justify raising him within the Church. As his parents fight to bring him back, the case grows into a wider clash over faith, power, and a country moving toward unification.
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Details
- Original title
- Rapito
- Years
- 2023
- Release date
- 2023-05-25
- Language
- Italian
- Rated
- Not Rated
- Runtime
- 134 min
- Critic score
- 69/100
- TMDB rating
- 7.3/10 (377 votes)
About
You may like this if you want a tense historical drama about family, faith, and political power, with a similar sweep to The Traitor; Not for you if you need fast pacing and consistently big emotional payoffs.
Pros: gripping true-story premise; rich period atmosphere; ambitious political scope | Cons: uneven pacing; emotional distance; characters feel flat
Themes
- italy
- pope
- baptism
- child kidnapping
- 19th century
- bologna
- 1850s
Cast & crew
Enea Sala
as Edgardo Mortara (child)
Leonardo Maltese
as Edgardo Mortara
Paolo Pierobon
as Pio IX
Fausto Russo Alesi
as Momolo Mortara
Barbara Ronchi
as Marianna Mortara
Andrea Gherpelli
as Angelo Padovani
Samuele Teneggi
as Riccardo Mortara
Corrado Invernizzi
as Giudice Carboni
Filippo Timi
as Giacomo Antonelli
Fabrizio Gifuni
as Pier Gaetano Feletti
Directed by Marco Bellocchio