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Kidnapped: The Abduction Of Edgardo Mortara tells the harrowing true story of a young Jewish boy forcibly taken by the Papal state and raised as a Christian in 19th-Century Italy. The film, acclaimed for its visual richness, has garnered accolades and is set for a U.S. release on May 24.

Italy's Fandango has taken international sales on Margherita Buy's directorial debut 'Volare' a quirky ensemble comedy about fear of flying.

The drama concerns a young Jewish boy who is abducted and raised as a Christian in 19th Century Italy

Cohen Media has acquired North American rights to 'Kidnapped,' the latest film by revered Italian master Marco Bellocchio, which competed at Cannes.

'Best of Youth' director Marco Tullio Giordana's 'La Vita Accanto' is co-written and produced by Italian master Marco Bellocchio.

Strand Releasing has acquired all North American rights to “Marx Can Wait” by...

Michelangelo Antonioni Screenplay To Be Finally Shot by Gullane, Similar, Andre Ristum (EXCLUSIVE) John Hopewell, provided by FacebookTwitterEmail Written when the Italian legend was at the height of his powers, the screenplay for Michelangelo Antonioni’s “Technically Sweet,” which he planned to shoot between “Zabriskie Point” and “The Passenger,” looks set to be finally brought to the big screen. Set in Sardinia and the Amazon jungle, “Technically Sweet” is set up at Brazil�...

Marco Bellocchio Set For Kidnapping of Edgardo Mortara Drama That Spielberg Had His Eye On (EXCLUSIVE) Nick Vivarelli, provided by FacebookTwitterEmail Italian auteur Marco Bellocchio (“The Traitor”) is set to reconstruct the true-life drama of Edgardo Mortara, a Jewish boy kidnapped and converted to Catholicism in 1858. It’s a story that Steven Spielberg was in advanced stages to bring to the screen a few years ago. Mortara was a young Jewish boy living in Bologna, Italy, who in 1858, a...