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
125 min / Color, DCP
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
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).
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