PADRE PIO
by Abel Ferrara
synopsis
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.
international title: | Padre Pio |
original title: | Padre Pio |
country: | Italy, Germany, United Kingdom |
sales agent: | Capstone (US) |
year: | 2022 |
genre: | fiction |
directed by: | Abel Ferrara |
film run: | 104' |
screenplay: | 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 |
cinematography by: | Alessandro Abate |
film editing: | Leonardo Daniel Bianchi |
art director: | Tommaso Ortino |
costumes designer: | Antonella Cannarozzi |
music: | Joe Delia |
producer: | Philipp Kreuzer |
co-producer: | Diana Phillips, Maurizio Antonini |
production: | Maze Pictures, Interlinea, Rimsky Productions |
backing: | Apulia Film Commission (IT) |
Photogallery 02/09/2022: Venice 2022 - Padre Pio
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