Padre Pio: Miracle Man
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| Written by | Massimo De Rita Mario Falcone Carlo Carlei |
| Directed by | Carlo Carlei |
| Starring | Sergio Castellitto |
| Composer(s) | Paolo Buonvino |
| Country of origin | Italy |
| Original language(s) | Italian |
| Production | |
| Producer(s) | Angelo Rizzoli |
| Cinematography | Gino Sgreva |
| Editor(s) | Claudio Di Mauro |
| Running time | 206 min.
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| Distributor | Eagle Pictures |
| Release | |
| Original network | Canale 5 |
| Original release | 2000 |
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.[1][2]
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Plot
1968: in Puglia, in San Giovanni Rotondo, the old Padre Pio is dying, seriously ill. During the night waking, comes a mysterious Cardinal, that seems to come to disturb Padre Pio just to taunt him 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), is born in a small town in Campania (Pietrelcina), and underwent talks with God, but it is besieged and tormented by the Devil, which is manifested in the form of a black dog. After a few miracles, Francesco became a novice, and go first in Molise, then in Pietrelcina (his hometown), and then to San Giovanni Rotondo. He also received the stigmata from God for his faithfulness, and in Puglia convent he decides to remain throughout 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.
Cast
- Sergio Castellitto as Pio
- Jürgen Prochnow as The Apostolic Visitator
- Lorenza Indovina as Cleonice
- Pierfrancesco Favino as Emanuele Brunatto
- Flavio Insinna as Father Paolino
- Raffaele Castria as Father Agostino of San Marco in Lamis
- Anita Zagaria as Pio's Mother
- Adolfo Lastretti as Father Raffaele
- Andrea Buscemi as The Superior
- Franco Trevisi as Bishop of Manfredonia
- Renato Marchetti as Father Pellegrino
- Pietro Biondi as Senior Prelate
- Gianni Bonagura as Father Benedetto
- Roberto Chevalier as Father Agostino Gemelli
- Elio Germano as 16 Years Old Pio
- Loris Pazienza as Pio as a child
- Rosa Pianeta as Carmela Morcaldi
- Tosca D'Aquino as Lea Padovani
- Mario Erpichini as Monsignor Macchi
- Camillo Milli as Monsignor Pannullo
- Andrea Tidona as Doctor
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