Padre Pio (2022)
Release Year: 2022
Nation: Germany, Italy, United Kingdom, United States
Alternative Title: Молодой Папа
Director: Abel Ferrara
Writer: Abel Ferrara, Maurizio Braucci
Production & Genre
Producer: Producer: Maurizio Antonini, Diana Phillips, Philipp Kreuzer, Kyle Stroud, Alex Lebovici, Keanu Mayo
Companies: Interlinea Films, Maze Pictures, Rimsky Productions, Carte Blanche
Budget: N/A
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Keywords
Keywords: based on true story, catholic priest, stigma, priesthood, based on real person
Story
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, albeit 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.
Summary
WWI has ended but events surrounding the first free election in Italy threaten to tear the village apart. Padre Pio struggles with his own personal demons, ultimately emerging to become one of Catholicism's most venerated figures.
