'Kidnapped' trailer

'Kidnapped' is the film directed by Marco Bellocchio and starring Filippo Timi, Fabrizio Gifuni, Barbara Ronchi, Paolo Pierobon, Fausto Russo Alesi. Set in a Jewish neighborhood of Bologna during the year 1858, the film tells the story of the Mortara family. One day the Pope's soldiers break into his property and kidnap his little seven-year-old son named Edgardo with the excuse that they must take him with them because he has already been baptized. The soldiers tear the boy from his home against his will amidst screams and cries. From that moment on, the family will come together to try to recover their son who was separated from his loved ones by the action of the Catholic Church. The little boy is of Jewish origin but the church tells them that he is now a Christian, which unleashes the mother's anger. But the situation is even deeper, Edgardo will not be released until they liberate Rome.