Kidnapped Jewish Boy Abducted by Catholic Church in 19th-Century Italy, Film Recreates True Story

• Marco Bellocchio’s film “Kidnapped” tells the true story of Edgardo Mortara, a Jewish boy taken in by the Catholic Church in 1858.
• The Church refused to return Mortara to his Jewish family despite protests.
• The film follows efforts to get Mortara back and recreates 19th-century Italy.
• Bellocchio used research and special effects to recreate the era.
• Bellocchio thinks the Vatican should apologize for the "act of violence" against Mortara.

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