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Padre Pio

Genre

Biopic film

Cast

Shia LaBeouf, Cristina Chiriac, Marco Leonardi, Asia Argento, Vincenzo Crea, Luca Lionello, Brando Pacitto, Stella Mastrantonio, Roberta Mattei, Martina Gatti, Anna Ferrara

Directed by

Abel Ferrara

Padre Pio

Genre

Biopic film

Cast

Shia LaBeouf, Cristina Chiriac, Marco Leonardi, Asia Argento, Vincenzo Crea, Luca Lionello, Brando Pa

Directed by

Abel Ferrara
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Where it was filmed 'Padre Pio'

Abel Ferrara, the American director of Italian family, tells the story of Padre Pio (Shia La Beouf) using as a starting point the atmosphere of several places directly affected by the Saint’s life which so impressed him.
The main setting is Monte Sant’Angelo, the city with two UNESCO World Heritage Sites in Gargano, where events that took place in 1920 in San Giovanni Rotondo were recreated: the bloody quashing of the first peasant socialist political victory and, at the same time, the arrival in the city of a young monk in full-blown mystical crisis, Padre Pio, as he begins to manifest his few miracles and stigmata.  
The production shot mostly in the Monastery of San Marco La Catola and the Abbey of Santa Maria di Pulsano, where the Capuchin monks played an active part in the film, as a tribute to Padre Pio.  Other locations selected by the production include: the white terraced houses in the historical centre, rione Junno, the Church of St. Mary Major, the streets near the Sanctuary of St. Michael Archangel and the so-called “holy stairs” which pilgrims would once climb on their knees in penitence.

Where it was filmed 'Padre Pio'

Abel Ferrara, the American director of Italian family, tells the story of Padre Pio (Shia La Beouf) using as a starting point the atmosphere of several places directly affected by the Saint’s life which so impressed him.
The main setting is Monte Sant’Angelo, the city with two UNESCO World Heritage Sites in Gargano, where events that took place in 1920 in San Giovanni Rotondo were recreated: the bloody quashing of the first peasant socialist political victory and, at the same time, the arrival in the city of a young monk in full-blown mystical crisis, Padre Pio, as he begins to manifest his few miracles and stigmata.  
The production shot mostly in the Monastery of San Marco La Catola and the Abbey of Santa Maria di Pulsano, where the Capuchin monks played an active part in the film, as a tribute to Padre Pio.  Other locations selected by the production include: the white terraced houses in the historical centre, rione Junno, the Church of St. Mary Major, the streets near the Sanctuary of St. Michael Archangel and the so-called “holy stairs” which pilgrims would once climb on their knees in penitence.

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Data sheet

Genre
Biopic film
Directed by
Abel Ferrara
Cast
Shia LaBeouf, Cristina Chiriac, Marco Leonardi, Asia Argento, Vincenzo Crea, Luca Lionello, Brando Pacitto, Stella Mastrantonio, Roberta Mattei, Martina Gatti, Anna Ferrara
Country of production
Italy, Germany
Year
2022
Setting year
1920
Production

Maze Pictures, Interlinea Film, Rimsky Productions

Plot
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.

The locations

Monte Sant’Angelo
Region: Puglia Type: Historical village (Borgo) Territory: Borgo (walled/fortified village), Historical centre, Small town, Hill, Sea, Mountain

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