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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Movie Details
Italy Releases: |
May 25th, 2023 (Limited) |
Running Time: |
125 minutes |
Keywords: |
Kidnap, Catholic, Jewish, 1850s |
Source: | Based on Real Life Events |
Genre: | Drama |
Production Method: | Live Action |
Creative Type: | Historical Fiction |
Production/Financing Companies: |
Kavac Film, Cohen Media Group, Direzione Generale Cinema, Regione Emilia Romagna, Regione Lazio, IBC Movie, RAI Cinema, Ad Vitam, The Match Factory, Bayerischer Rundfunk, Arte, Arte France Cinema |
Production Countries: |
France, Germany, Italy |
Languages: |
Hebrew, Italian |
Because some of our sources provide box office data in their local currency, while we use USD in the graph above and table below, exchange rate fluctuations can have effect on the data causing stronger increases or even decreases of the cumulative box office.
Weekend Box Office Performance
Date | Rank | Gross | % Change | Screens | Per Screen | Total Gross | Week |
2023/05/26 |
3 |
$496,412 |
|
0 |
|
$496,412 |
1 |
2023/06/02 |
4 |
$486,896 |
-2% |
0 |
|
$1,141,472 |
2 |
2023/06/09 |
5 |
$171,769 |
-65% |
0 |
|
$1,429,992 |
3 |
2023/06/16 |
6 |
$95,407 |
-44% |
0 |
|
$1,597,503 |
4 |
2023/06/23 |
9 |
$62,906 |
-34% |
0 |
|
$1,723,239 |
5 |
2023/06/30 |
10 |
$36,678 |
-42% |
0 |
|
$1,777,548 |
6 |
2023/07/07 |
14 |
$37,541 |
+2% |
0 |
|
$1,839,797 |
7 |
2023/07/14 |
15 |
$23,355 |
-38% |
0 |
|
$1,900,263 |
8 |
2023/07/21 |
15 |
$13,505 |
-42% |
0 |
|
$1,969,528 |
9 |
2023/07/27 |
- |
$24,874 |
|
0 |
|
$1,981,993 |
10 |
2023/07/28 |
11 |
$24,874 |
|
0 |
|
$1,981,993 |
10 |
2023/08/04 |
11 |
$19,376 |
-22% |
0 |
|
$1,994,818 |
11 |
2023/08/11 |
11 |
$17,782 |
-8% |
0 |
|
$2,031,629 |
12 |
2023/08/18 |
15 |
$15,667 |
-12% |
0 |
|
$2,041,040 |
13 |
2023/08/25 |
18 |
$8,992 |
-43% |
0 |
|
$2,044,830 |
14 |
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