KIDNAPPED: THE ABDUCTION OF EDGARDO MORTARA
From legendary Italian director Marco Bellocchio, KIDNAPPED: THE ABDUCTION OF EDGARDO MORTARA is a grand historical drama depicting the scandalous true story of a young Jewish boy who was kidnapped and converted to Catholicism in 1858.
SHOWTIMES
JUN 14 | FRI
5:00, 7:45 p.m.
JUN 15 | SAT
12:15, 3:00, 5:45, 8:30 p.m.
JUN 16 | SUN
12:15, 3:00, 5:45, 8:30 p.m.
JUN 17 | MON
5:00, 7:45 p.m.
JUN 18 | TUE
5:00, 7:45 p.m.
JUN 19 | WED
5:00 p.m.
JUN 20 | THU
5:00, 7:45 p.m.
SYNOPSIS
In 1858, in the Jewish quarter of Bologna, the Pope’s soldiers burst into the home of the Mortara family. By order of the cardinal, they have come to take Edgardo, their seven-year-old son. The child had been secretly baptized by his nurse as a baby and the papal law is unquestionable: he must receive a Catholic education. Edgardo’s parents, distraught, will do anything to get their son back. Supported by public opinion and the international Jewish community, the Mortaras’ struggle quickly take a political dimension. But the Church and the Pope will not agree to return the child, to consolidate an increasingly wavering power.
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HEARING AND VISUAL ASSISTANCE
Assisted Listening
Subtitled / Open Captions
Country
Italy
SUBTITLES
NOT RATED
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REVIEWS
“The director, Marco Bellocchio, anchors the period with a somber visual elegance and employs surreal gestures to tease out the psychological and spiritual aspects of the tragedy.”
“Kidnapped is an expertly paced, gorgeously shot and evocative true story of faith, family, and the power of people coming together to right deeply ingrained wrongs.”
“It is a full-tilt melodrama with the passionate vehemence of Victor Hugo or Charles Dickens, which lays bare an ugly formative episode of Europe’s Catholic church: an affair of antisemitism and child abuse.”
TICKET INFORMATION
EVENING PRICES
$12.00 | Adults
$9.50 | Students
$8.75 | Children
$8.50 | Military
$8.75 | Seniors
$6.50 | Members
$5.00 | UNL Students
MATINEE PRICES
$10.00 | Adults
$9.00 | Students
$8.25 | Children
$8.00 | Military
$8.25 | Seniors
$6.00 | Members
$5.00 | UNL Students
Matinee priced tickets for all screenings TUESDAY and WEDNESDAY nights
- Showtimes change on a regular basis and will not always be the same each day. Visit the individual film pages for a list of showtimes.
- Children are 12 and under. Seniors are 60 and older
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