Padre Pio

Padre Pio
Director
Abel Ferrara
Country
Italy, Germany, United kingdom
Year
2022
Genre
Fiction
Scriptwriters
Abel Ferrara, Maurizio Braucci
Cast
Shia LaBeouf, Cristina Chiriac, Marco Leonardi, Asia Argento, Vincenzo Crea, Luca Lionello, Salvatore Ruocco, Brando Pacitto, Stella Mastrantonio, Martina Gatti, Roberta Mattei, Anna Ferrara
Production
Maze Pictures, Interlinea, Rimsky Productions

Storyline

It is the end of World War I and the young Italian soldiers are making their way back to San Giovanni Rotondo, a land of poverty, with a tradition of violence and submission to the iron-clad rule of the church and its wealthy landowners. Families are desperate, the men are broken, but victorious. Padre Pio also arrives, at a remote Capuchin monastery, to begin his ministry, evoking an aura of charisma, saintliness and epic visions of Jesus, Mary and the Devil himself. The eve of the first free elections in Italy sets the stage for a massacre with a metaphorical dimension: an apocalyptic event that changes the course of history.

Festivals & Academy awards and others

Venice Film Festival 2022
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