“Padre Pio” by Abel Ferrara

It is the end of the First World War and young Italian soldiers return to San Giovanni Rotondo, a poor land over which the church and rich landowners exercise unchallenged dominion. Padre Pio also arrives to begin his ministry. The eve of the first free elections in Italy is a prelude to a massacre that will change the course of history.

PADRE PIO

Director
Abel Ferrara
Nation
Italy
Germany
UK
Year
2022
Running Time
104′
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

DIRECTOR’S STATEMENT
This is not a film about miracles, but about a man, born Francesco Forgione, in  Pietralcina, a farming village outside Naples. A visionary since childhood, he was a troubled, questioning youth, struggling to find his true calling and place in the eyes of his Lord. On his arrival in San Giovanni Rotondo, in the mountains of the Gargano, he discovers a godforsaken region rife with poverty, sickness, and political turmoil. In ministering to the poor there, after the devastation of the First World War, he finds his true calling in service, love, and empathy, in the holy sacraments, the rite of confession, and the celebration of the Mass, all of which are aids in counteracting the demonic forces in that autumn of 1920.

Director Abel Ferrara will introduce the screening of the film

HOW TO PARTICIPATE
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