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Enea Sala
Edgardo Mortara bambino
Leonardo Maltese
Edgardo Mortara ragazzo
Paolo Pierobon
Papa Pio IX
Fausto Russo Alesi
Momolo Mortara
Barbara Ronchi
Marianna Mortara
Andrea Gherpelli
Angelo Padovani
Samuele Teneggi
Riccardo Mortara
Corrado Invernizzi
Giudice Carboni
Filippo Timi
Cardinal Giacomo Antonelli
Fabrizio Gifuni
Pier Gaetano Feletti
Paolo Calabresi
Sabatino Scazzocchio
Aurora Camatti
Anna Morisi
Bruno Cariello
Maresciallo Lucidi
Walter Lippa
Angelo Moscati
Alessandro Bandini
Padre Mariano
Leonardo Bianconi
Brigadiere Agostini
Daniele Aldrovandi
Bonaiuto Sanguinetti
Fabrizio Contri
Avvocato Jussi
Giustiniano Alpi
Avvocato Liberale
Orfeo Orlando
Rabbino Vita
Federica Fracassi
Signora anziana
Giulia Quadrelli
Signora giovane
Renato Sarti
Rettore
Flavia Baiku
Madre Simone
Tonino Tosto
Tagliacozzo
Christian Mudu
Elia
Riccardo Bandiera
Aronne

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A review by CinemaSerf

Written by CinemaSerf on Sat Apr 27 2024

Based on a bizarre true story, this follows the tale of the young Edgardo Sala who was living quite happily with his Jewish parents and siblings in Bologna until an official arrives one evening to tell them he is to be removed from their care. Why? It appears that many years earlier when he was in his cradle, he has been baptised and so must therefore be looked after by the church. Despite their appeals and protestations, he is swiftly taken to Rome where he is enrolled in a Catholic school where his is pretty thoroughly indoctrinated into the ways of his new Church - even becoming of special i...