Welcome back! We’re thrilled to return for another year and deeply grateful for the enduring support from the Baton Rouge community since our start in 2007. The BRJFF celebrates the diversity of the Jewish experience through film. Our program aims to entertain and inspire you, our audience, by presenting universal themes against the backdrop of Jewish traditions and characters. Additionally, the festival highlights Baton Rouge as a progressive, multicultural, and multi-ethnic community. Thank you for your support, and see you at the movies!
Kidnapped (2023) This movie is in Italian with English subtitles
Director: Marco Bellocchio
The true story of Edgardo Mortara, a young Jewish boy in 1858 Bologna who is secretly baptized by his nanny and then forcibly taken from his family by the papal authorities to be raised as a Catholic. His parents’ struggle to reclaim him becomes a significant political conflict involving the papacy and the forces of democracy in Italy. The film explores themes of religious identity, family loyalty, and political turmoil during a turbulent period in Italian history.
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