“I want Pope Francis to see my film because he’s a progressive pope, very open.” Marco Bellocchio, fresh from the success of his latest film “Kidnapped” in Cannes, whom Fiorello calls live on his morning show “Viva Rai2!” explains the reasons for his appeal to the Pope.
“It’s a film in which, in those distant times, the Church made a rather risky, not to say violent, decision: to kidnap a child from a Jewish family,” says director da Fiorello. “I also want to have a dialogue with the Pope, who is so open, he always talks about bridges and not walls, about charity, about charity, about mercy. He is more progressive than the progressives themselves who turn to him.” Speaking from the left, the pope’s thought is the most leftist thought.” The film “Kidnapped” tells the true story of Edgardo Mortara, a six-year-old Jewish boy who was taken from his family by order of the Vatican Inquisition to make him a Christian.
“I wrote him a very simple letter,” continues Bellocchio, “Dear Pope Francis, I would be very happy if you could see my film”, so far I have not received any reply.” “But you will see that he’ll answer you!” adds Fiorello, finishing off a joke: “I hope he doesn’t go to Discovery too.”
