Festival Note
Recounts the true story of Edgardo Montara, a Jewish child from Bologna who in 1858 was abducted by the Catholic Church due to having been secretly baptized by his family’s Christian maid back when he was an infant. Montara was taken to Rome, where he would end up being raised and tutored personally by Pope Pius IX, who sought to preserve the primacy of the Church and its laws. This choice would prove to be controversial, causing an uproar that reverberated throughout Italy and Europe.
Ikinikwento ang buhay ni Edgardo Montara, isang Hudyong bata galing sa Bologna na dinakip ng Simbahan noong 1858, nang malaman na lihim siyang bininyagan ng Kristyanong kasambahay ng kanyang pamilya. Dinala si Montara sa Roma, kung saan ipinalaki siya at tinuruan ni Papa Pius IX, na umasang mapanatili ang kapangyarihan ng simbahan at ang kanyang mga batas. Magiging kontrobersyal ito, at magiging dahilan ng gulo na umusbong sa Italy at buong Europe.
