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El secuestro del Papa
2023 | Color | 134:00

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 seven-year-old Edgardo, whose nurse secretly baptized him as a baby. Papal law is indisputable: he must receive a Catholic education. Distraught, Edgardo’s parents will do anything to get him back.


Country: Alemania, Francia, Italia
Direction: Bellocchio; Marco
Script: Bellocchio; Marco, Nicchiarelli; Susanna
Production: Caschetto; Beppe, Del Brocco; Paolo, Gattoni; Simone
Photography: Di Giacomo
Sound: Di Lorenzo; Adriano, Paone; Nadia
Music: Massimo Capogrosso; Fabio
Cast:Sala; Enea, Maltese; Leonardo, Russo Alesi; Fausto, Ronchi; Barbara, Timi; Filippo, Gifuni; Fabrizio, Pierobon; Paolo
Art direction: Castorina; Andrea
Participation year at FICM: 2023

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