Octogenarian Bellocchio is following 2019 hit The Traitor with another historical drama, about a Jewish boy in 1858 who is kidnapped and converted to Catholicism (the film’s original title was The Conversion). Italy’s Kavac, France’s Ad Vitam and The Match Factory’s production arm Match Factory Productions shot the Italian-language film in summer last year in Italy and France. Bellocchio’s last three features have debuted in Cannes; the previous three started in Venice.
