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"Kidnapped" Filmfestival München

Hosted by the Consul of the Munich Art, Culture & History Group
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Took place 2 months ago
Tue 27 Jun 20:30 - 22:00

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Faith and power: Italian master Marco Bellocchio once again shatters historical practices of the Catholic Church with this true story - fresh from Cannes.

THE DIRECTOR MARCO BELLOCCHIO WILL BE PRESENT

Bologna, Protected content By order of the Pope, soldiers take seven-year-old Edgardo from his Jewish family. Secretly baptised as an infant by his nurse, he must receive a Catholic education. Together with the international Jewish community, the desperate parents do everything to get Edgardo back. But the church uses the case to consolidate its increasingly shaky power...

* In Italian and Hebrew with English subtitles