Padre Pio
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.
Cast
Shia LaBeouf
as Padre Pio
Cristina Chiriac
as Giovanni
Marco Leonardi
as Gerardo
Asia Argento
as Tall Man
Vincenzo Crea
as Luigi
Luca Lionello
as Silvestro
Brando Pacitto
as Renato
Stella Mastrantonio
as Elvira
Salvatore Ruocco
as Vincenzo
Federico Majorana
as Michele
