Rapito
Kidnapped- Director
- Marco Bellocchio
- Country
- Italy, France, Germany
- Year
- 2023
- Genre
- Fiction
- Scriptwriters
- Marco Bellocchio
- Cast
- Paolo Pierobon, Fausto Russo Alesi, Enea Sala, Barbara Ronchi, Filippo Timi, Fabrizio Gifuni, Andrea Gherpelli, Samuele Teneggi, Corrado Invernizzi
- Production
- IBC Movie, Kavac Films, Ad Vitam Productions, Match Factory Productions, RAI Cinema, ARTE France
Storyline
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…
Festivals & Academy awards and others
Festival de Cannes 2023
Official Competition
Karlovy Vary International Film Festival 2023
Horizons
Valladolid International Film Festival (Seminci) 2023
Official Section - Feature Films
"MIGUEL DELIBES" AWARD TO THE BEST SCRIPT (Marco Bellocchio and Susanna Nicchiarell)
César 2024
Best Foreign Film Nomination
Releases
Spain (12 of January 2024)
Call for proposals Distribution Automatic
