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Set in mid-19th century Bologna, this Cannes standout from legendary Italian director Marco Bellocchio ("Fists in the Pocket") is a grand historical fresco depicting the scandalous true story of a young Jewish child who was abducted from his family under the Pope’s orders.“In 1858 Bologna, a 6-year-old named Edgardo Mortara was seized by authorities of the papal state, taken away from his Jewish parents, and placed in the care of the Church. Believed to have been baptized in the cradle under odd circumstances, the child would be claimed as a Catholic. His mind erased of his family’s religious heritage and beliefs, Edgardo was, unbeknownst to him, at the center of an international firestorm that led directly to the Italian people’s rejection of the Pope’s rule amidst the tumultuous Risorgimento. In this sumptuously mounted film from treasured octogenarian director Marco Bellocchio, the Mortara case becomes an extraordinary, nearly operatic historical drama. 'Kidnapped' is at once a personal, human-scale narrative of a family in crisis, following parents who will do anything to retrieve their child from the clutches of a ruthless theocratic government, and a wide-scope portrait of a country on the cusp of revolution. ” -New York Film Festival
Marco Bellocchio | 2023 | In Italian and Hebrew with English subtitles | 134 minutes | NR | DCP
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Oklahoma City Museum of Art, 415 Couch Dr,Oklahoma City,OK,United States
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