The shocking kidnapping of Edgardo Mortara and its aftermath are the subject of the new Italian-language picture “ Rapito,” from the veteran director Marco Bellocchio.

Directed by the esteemed Italian provocateur Marco Bellocchio, the drama takes its heated inspiration from a notorious real-life incident of antisemitism.

This film, based on a true story about the kidnapping of a Jewish child in 19th-century Italy, underscores the devastating consequences of family separation.

Revered Italian auteur Marco Bellocchio is returning to Cannes with “Kidnapped,” a drama that reconstructs the true tale of Edgardo Mortara, a young Jewish boy who was kidnapped and forcibly ...

A child cries, and a nation falls. In historical drama Kidnapped, the child is Edgardo Mortara, six years old and the sixth son of Salomone and Marianna Mortara in the city of Bologna. The nation ...

Portrayal in New Movie of Infamous Kidnapping of Edgardo Mortara Resembles Opera ‘Kidnapped: The Abduction of Edgardo Mortara’ is based on the true-life story of a Jewish boy in Italy who in 1858 was ...

The church never returned Edgardo Mortara to his family and never apologized for its deed. Op-ed.

Edgardo Mortara was just 6 years old when Italian authorities took him away from his family in 1858. Kidnapped is a true story steeped in Roman Catholic antisemitism.

Marco Bellocchio on reconstructing the Catholic Church's 19th century kidnapping of Jewish boy Edgardo Mortara and why the Vatican should repent.

Indie films at the box office this weekend led by 'Kidnapped: The Abduction Of Edgardo Mortara' and 'Solo'. 'Hit Man' starts two-week theatrical run.