Kidnapped12A
In 1858 in Bologna, papal soldiers burst into the home of the Jewish Mortara family and kidnap their seven-year-old son, claiming he is Catholic due to a secret baptism in infancy. As the church began indoctrinating the young boy, the family launch a struggle to regain their son. Directed by Palme d’Or winner Marco Bellocchio, this gripping narrative unfolds with operatic intensity and visual grandeur, depicting a small Jewish community in turmoil as they resist the overbearing authority of the Catholic Church.
Reviews
‘It is a full-tilt melodrama with the passionate vehemence of Victor Hugo or Charles Dickens, which lays bare an ugly formative episode of Europe’s Catholic church: an affair of antisemitism and child abuse.’
★★★★★
Peter Bradshaw, The Guardian
Book tickets
| Friday 17 May | 3.00pm | Book tickets |
| Saturday 18 May | 5.30pm | Book tickets |
| Sunday 19 May | 8.00pm | Book tickets |
| Wednesday 22 May | 3.00pm | Book tickets |
What else is on?
Today (Thursday 2nd May)
12:30
Ratatouille PG
16:00
Evil Does Not Exist 12A
1h 46m | Japanese w/ English subtitles
18:30
Late Night with the Devil 15
1h 33m
20:30
Tomorrow (Friday 3rd May)
16:00
The Teachers' Lounge 12A
1h 39m | German w/ English subtitles
18:15
The Sweet East 18
1h 44m
20:45
Monkey Man 18
2h 1mPlan your visit
Our beautiful art deco inspired auditorium can be found just off East Oxford's Cowley Road. We are open 7 days a week. We open the cinema and box office 30 minutes before the scheduled start time of each film, and the Box Office then closes 10 minutes after the film starts. We don’t show adverts, just a couple of trailers, so don't be late as the film itself starts very close to the advertised time!