Digital Streaming Release Date Revealed for KIDNAPPED: THE ABDUCTION OF EDGARDO MORTARA

Courtesy Cohen Media

Cohen Media is expected to release their historical drama KIDNAPPED: THE ABDUCTION OF EDGARDO MORTARA on VOD and digital platforms next month, arriving on July 2nd, 2024. The film world premiered at the 2023 Cannes Film Festival before launching in US theaters on May 24th, 2024.

Please note: Cohen Media has neither announced nor confirmed the release date. As always, release dates are subject to change.

Kidnapped: The Abduction of Edgardo Mortara was co-written and directed by Marco Bellocchio, about Edgardo Mortara, a young Jewish boy who was taken from his family by the Papal States and raised as a Catholic. It is loosely based on Daniele Scalise's book Il caso Mortara.

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, hoping to consolidate an increasingly wavering power.

We’ve added the release date to our streaming calendar. Check out the trailer below.