Steven Spielberg is supposed to direct the movie, if it is ever made. Apparently, the movie was delayed because Spielberg jumped into making The Post. Now, there is no production schedule for The Kidnapping of Edgardo Mortara.
If it is produced, the movie will become a ripe opportunity to criticize the Catholic Church. And, depending how the Church responds, the criticism will be deserved, because it was the Church that did the kidnapping.
We're not talking Back Bay, but the 24 apartments have 11-foot-high ceilings and all sorts of quality finishing touches in what is one of the poorest cities in Massachusetts. "And that's something new to downtown Brockton," the developer says.