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It is the end of the First World War 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 church and its wealthy landowners. Families are desperate and the men are broken. Padre Pio (Shia Labeouf) 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.
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Cast:
Shia LaBeouf, Cristina Chiriac, Ignazio Oliva, Brando Pacitto, Marco Leonardi, Luca Lionello, Martina Gatti, Carla de Girolamo, Alessandro Cremona, Michelangelo Dalisi, Roberta Mattei, Asia Argento, Vincenzo Crea -
Original Title:
Padre Pio -
Country:
Italy, Germany -
Year:
2022 - 104’ EN, Subtitles: PT, EN
Director
Abel Ferrara
Born in New York in 1951, Abel Ferrara is an American filmmaker, known for the provocative and often controversial content of his films, his use of neo-noir imagery and gritty urban settings. He maintains a cult reputation that allows him to navigate between large-budget features and decadent B-movie-style tales. A long-time independent filmmaker, his best-known films include Ms .45 (1981), King of New York (1990), Bad Lieutenant (1992), The Funeral (1996) and Pasolini (2014). Abel Ferrara has been a guest of LEFFEST several times, and his work was screened in a Retrospective at LEFFEST’ 17. He returns this year to the festival to present his new film Padre Pio.
