Directed by:
Marco BellocchioCinematography:
Francesco Di GiacomoCast:
Barbara Ronchi, Fabrizio Gifuni, Filippo Timi, Fausto Russo Alesi, Corrado Invernizzi, Leonardo Maltese, Paolo Pierobon, Marco Golinucci (more)VOD (1)
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In 1858, in the Jewish quarter of Bologna, the Pope’s soldiers burst into the home of the Mortara family. By order of the cardinal, they have come to take Edgardo, their seven-year-old son. The child had been secretly baptized by his nurse as a baby and the papal law is unquestionable: he must receive a Catholic education. Edgardo’s parents, distraught, will do anything to get their son back. Supported by public opinion and the international Jewish community, the Mortaras’ struggle quickly take a political dimension. But the Church and the Pope will not agree to return the child, to consolidate an increasingly wavering power… (Cannes Film Festival)
(more)Cast
Barbara Ronchi
Italy
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Fabrizio Gifuni
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Filippo Timi
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Fausto Russo Alesi
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Corrado Invernizzi
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Leonardo Maltese
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Marco Golinucci
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Alessandro Fiorucci
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Alessandro Scafati
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Samuele Teneggi
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Mattia Napoli
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Leonardo Bianconi
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Martin Abram
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