Kidnapped: The Abduction of Edguardo Mortara

Italy
134 minutes
Italian, Hebrew – English subtitles
Genre: Historical Drama

Legendary Italian director Marco Bellocchio’s film tells the scandalous true story of a six-year old Jewish boy who, in mid-19th century Bologna, was abducted from his family by the church under the Pope’s orders and raised as a Catholic. With cinematography evoking the masterworks of Caravaggio and Delacroix, the film follows the harrowing fight of the boy’s parents to have their son returned and their unrelenting confrontation with the Vatican. Their efforts garner support and elicit outrage from the international Jewish community and Italian liberals, all complicated by the boy’s whole-hearted acceptance of Catholicism as he matures into adulthood.

Winner of 19 awards including Best Film at Golden Globes, Winner of Best Adapted Screenplay at David di Donatello Awards, Miami Jewish Film Festival Critics Prize, Winner of Miguel Delibes Award at Munich Film Festival.

This film is proudly sponsored by Wilma Probst Levy.

Special Event immediately following 7:30 p.m. film 
Join us for a Q&A session with Dr. David Kertzer, Award-Winning Author of the book The Kidnapping of Edgardo Mortara, who will be joining us virtually at the Trager Family JCC.
Click here for information about this thought-provoking book.

Moderated by Solange Minstein.