PADRE PIO
SYNOPSIS
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, historic violence, and the iron clad rule of the church and its wealthy landowners. Families are desperate, the men are broken, but victorious. Padre Pio (Shia LaBeouf) also arrives to a remote Capuchin monastery to begin his ministry, evoking an aura of compelling charisma, saintliness, and storied visions of Jesus, Mary, and the Devil himself. The eve of the first free election in Italy sets the stage for a historic and metaphoric massacre, an apocalyptic event, one that changes the course the world.
CAST
Shia LaBeouf (The Tax Collector, The Peanut Butter Falcon, Honey Boy, Fury, Transformers franchise, Eagle Eye)
Thriller
DIRECTOR
Abel Ferrara (Zeros and Ones, Siberia, Dangerous Game, Bad Lieutenant, King of New York, Fear City)
PRODUCER
Alex Lebovici (Bill & Ted Face the Music, Roman J. Israel, Esq.)
STATUS:
Post-Production