Directed by Carlo Carlei Composer(s) Paolo Buonvino Original language(s) Italian | Starring Sergio Castellitto Country of origin Italy | |
Written by Massimo De Rita
Mario Falcone
Carlo Carlei | ||
Padre Pio: Miracle Man (Italian: Padre Pio) is a 2000 Italian television movie directed by Carlo Carlei. The film is based on the book Padre Pio: Man of Hope by Renzo Allegri and it depicts real life events of Roman Catholic friar and later Saint Pio of Pietrelcina.
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Plot
1968: in San Giovanni Rotondo, Apulia, the old Padre Pio is dying, seriously ill. During the night, there comes a mysterious Cardinal, who seems to come to just to disturb Padre Pio and taunt him with all the shortcomings of the monk during his lifetime. Padre Pio then captures the moment to tell all his secrets, starting from childhood.
The young Francesco (Padre Pio), was born in a small town in Campania (Pietrelcina), and underwent talks with God, but he was also besieged and tormented by the Devil, who manifested himself in the shape of a black dog. After a few miracles, Francesco became a novice and went first to Molise, then to Pietrelcina (his hometown), and then to San Giovanni Rotondo. He also received the stigmata from God for his faithfulness, and in a convent in Apulia he decided to stay for life. Immediately his fame grows throughout Italy, but the Vatican thinks that the stigmata are false, and condemns Padre Pio. But the crowd of faithful is growing, and at the end of the story the Pope decides to change his mind.