Kidnapped - CINEMA ITALIANO at Victoria Theatre & Cinema Devonport
Kidnapped - CINEMA ITALIANO
Screening as part of the 9th Cinema Italiano
Friday 10 May @ 8.15pm
Saturday 18 May @ 8.15pm
Rapito (Kidnapped)
Director Marco Bellocchio stirred Cannes with this extraordinary film. A gripping historical drama recounting the true story of a six-year-old Jewish boy, Edgardo Mortara, who was abducted by the Vatican in 1858. From the moment the Pope‘s soldiers burst into the Bologna home, we are swept into an enthralling tale. A nursemaid had secretly baptised the child, and under Papal law, Edgardo must receive a Catholic Education. Bellocchio explores historical anti-semitism with an operatic sweep. It is a brilliant study of what happens when human values are abandoned by dogmatic authoritarianism. Sixty years of filmmaking give 83-year-old Bellocchio an assured mastery of a period film with old-school grandeur. It is an unforgettable story that remained with me long after the lights came up.
Directed by Marco Bellocchio
Starring Paolo Pierobon, Fausto Russo Alesi, Barbara Ronchi, Leonardo Maltese
Screening in Italian and Hebrew with English subtitles.
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Friday 10 May @ 8.15pm
Saturday 18 May @ 8.15pm
Rapito (Kidnapped)
Director Marco Bellocchio stirred Cannes with this extraordinary film. A gripping historical drama recounting the true story of a six-year-old Jewish boy, Edgardo Mortara, who was abducted by the Vatican in 1858. From the moment the Pope‘s soldiers burst into the Bologna home, we are swept into an enthralling tale. A nursemaid had secretly baptised the child, and under Papal law, Edgardo must receive a Catholic Education. Bellocchio explores historical anti-semitism with an operatic sweep. It is a brilliant study of what happens when human values are abandoned by dogmatic authoritarianism. Sixty years of filmmaking give 83-year-old Bellocchio an assured mastery of a period film with old-school grandeur. It is an unforgettable story that remained with me long after the lights came up.
Directed by Marco Bellocchio
Starring Paolo Pierobon, Fausto Russo Alesi, Barbara Ronchi, Leonardo Maltese
Screening in Italian and Hebrew with English subtitles.
Screening as part of the 9th Cinema Italiano
Friday 10 May @ 8.15pm
Saturday 18 May @ 8.15pm
Rapito (Kidnapped)
Director Marco Bellocchio stirred Cannes with this extraordinary film. A gripping historical drama recounting the true story of a six-year-old Jewish boy, Edgardo Mortara, who was abducted by the Vatican in 1858. From the moment the Pope‘s soldiers burst into the Bologna home, we are swept into an enthralling tale. A nursemaid had secretly baptised the child, and under Papal law, Edgardo must receive a Catholic Education. Bellocchio explores historical anti-semitism with an operatic sweep. It is a brilliant study of what happens when human values are abandoned by dogmatic authoritarianism. Sixty years of filmmaking give 83-year-old Bellocchio an assured mastery of a period film with old-school grandeur. It is an unforgettable story that remained with me long after the lights came up.
Directed by Marco Bellocchio
Starring Paolo Pierobon, Fausto Russo Alesi, Barbara Ronchi, Leonardo Maltese
Screening in Italian and Hebrew with English subtitles.
Friday 10 May @ 8.15pm
Saturday 18 May @ 8.15pm
Rapito (Kidnapped)
Director Marco Bellocchio stirred Cannes with this extraordinary film. A gripping historical drama recounting the true story of a six-year-old Jewish boy, Edgardo Mortara, who was abducted by the Vatican in 1858. From the moment the Pope‘s soldiers burst into the Bologna home, we are swept into an enthralling tale. A nursemaid had secretly baptised the child, and under Papal law, Edgardo must receive a Catholic Education. Bellocchio explores historical anti-semitism with an operatic sweep. It is a brilliant study of what happens when human values are abandoned by dogmatic authoritarianism. Sixty years of filmmaking give 83-year-old Bellocchio an assured mastery of a period film with old-school grandeur. It is an unforgettable story that remained with me long after the lights came up.
Directed by Marco Bellocchio
Starring Paolo Pierobon, Fausto Russo Alesi, Barbara Ronchi, Leonardo Maltese
Screening in Italian and Hebrew with English subtitles.
Kidnapped - CINEMA ITALIANO
Screening as part of the 9th Cinema Italiano
Friday 10 May @ 8.15pm
Saturday 18 May @ 8.15pm
Rapito (Kidnapped)
Director Marco Bellocchio stirred Cannes with this extraordinary film. A gripping historical drama recounting the true story of a six-year-old Jewish boy, Edgardo Mortara, who was abducted by the Vatican in 1858. From the moment the Pope‘s soldiers burst into the Bologna home, we are swept into an enthralling tale. A nursemaid had secretly baptised the child, and under Papal law, Edgardo must receive a Catholic Education. Bellocchio explores historical anti-semitism with an operatic sweep. It is a brilliant study of what happens when human values are abandoned by dogmatic authoritarianism. Sixty years of filmmaking give 83-year-old Bellocchio an assured mastery of a period film with old-school grandeur. It is an unforgettable story that remained with me long after the lights came up.
Directed by Marco Bellocchio
Starring Paolo Pierobon, Fausto Russo Alesi, Barbara Ronchi, Leonardo Maltese
Screening in Italian and Hebrew with English subtitles.