Kidnapped: The Abduction of Edgardo Mortara

The 2023 historical drama "Kidnapped: The Abduction of Edgardo Mortara" is based on the true story of Edgardo Mortara, a young Jewish boy who was forcibly taken from his family in Bologna, Italy in 1858 after being secretly baptized, and raised as a Christian by the Papal States. 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. Through Edgardo's story, the film explores themes of identity, faith, and belonging in 19th-century Italy.