HISTORICAL FACTS: Edgardo mortara - The Untold Story

Kidnapped review – powerfully enraging real-life drama of Vatican abduction of a Jewish boy

The story of Edgardo Mortara, removed from his family by the Catholic church in 1850s Bologna, is told with elegant restraint by veteran director Marco Bellocchio

The Guardian - UK · Apr 28, 2024

‘As with all such moments, there are innocent victims’: Marco Bellocchio on his new film about the notorious kidnapping of a Jewish child

The octogenarian director, whose latest film dramatises the 19th-century abduction of Edgardo Mortara by the Vatican, has been plumbing the depths of the Italian psyche on screen for the past 60 years – and worries for the future of cinema

The Guardian - UK · Apr 5, 2024

Cannes serves up a parade of ageing maestros and a Tarantino masterclass

The final stretch of the world’s premier film festival has seen Cannes roll out the red carpet for a cavalcade of veteran auteurs, including two-time Palme d’Or laureate Ken Loach, past winners Wim Wenders and Nanni Moretti, and fellow Italian Marco Bellocchio, whose magnificent “Kidnapped” joined the list of frontrunners…

France 24 · May 26, 2023