The story of Edgardo Mortara, a young Jewish boy living in Bologna, Italy, who in 1858, after being secretly baptized, was forcibly taken from his family to be raised as a Christian. His parents’ struggle to free their son became part of a larger political battle that pitted the papacy against forces of democracy and Italian unification.
Verdict: Flop
> Marco Bellocchio (Director)
> Francesco Di Giacomo (Director of Photography)
> Barbara Daniele (First Assistant Director)
> Daniele Scalise (Book)
> Edoardo Albinati (Co-Writer)
> Daniela Ceselli (Co-Writer)
> Susanna Nicchiarelli (Screenplay)
> Marco Bellocchio (Screenplay)
