Director - Marco Bellocchio
Script - Marco Bellocchio, Susanna Nicchiarelli
Camera - Francesco Di Giacomo
Music - Fabio Massimo Capogrosso
With - Paolo Pierobon, Fausto Russo Alesi, Barbara Ronchi, Enea Sala, Leonardo Maltese
Producers - Beppe Caschetto, Simone Gattoni
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…

AWARDS AND NOMINATIONS -

Cannes ’23 – Nomination for Palme d'Or

Program

  • 30.03.2024
    LUMIERE CINEMA - 20.30 часа
  • 25.03.2024
    CULTURAL CENTER G8 - 19.00 часа
  • 29.03.2024
    ODEON CINEMA - 20.30 часа
  • 18.03.2024
    CINEGRAND PARK CENTER - 19.00 часа
  • 19.03.2024
    CINEMA CITY SOFIA - 19.00 часа
  • 23.03.2024
    EURO CINEMA - 21.00 часа
  • 24.03.2024
    VLAIKOVA CINEMA - 20.00 часа
  • 27.03.2024
    FRENCH INSTITUTE – SLAVEIKOV CINEMA - 18.00 часа