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Padre Pio is an Italian–German biographical drama film directed by Abel Ferrara and starring Shia LaBeouf as Padre Pio.[1][2]

Padre Pio
Directed by	Abel Ferrara
Written by	Maurizio Braucci Abel Ferrara
Produced by	Maurizio Antonini Philipp Kreuzer Diana Phillips
Starring	Shia LaBeouf
Cinematography	Alessandro Abate
Edited by	Leonardo Daniel Bianchi
Music by	Joe Delia
Production companies	Interlinea Films Maze Pictures Carte Blanche
Distributed by	Capstone Global
Release date	September 2, 2022 (2022-09-02) (Venice)
Running time	104 minutes
Countries	Italy Germany
Languages	English Italian

Cast

• Shia LaBeouf as Padre Pio[3]
• Marco Leonardi as Gerardo
• Salvatore Ruocco as Vincenzo
• Luca Lionello as Silvestro

The film also features an appearance from Asia Argento, who portrays Tall Man.[4][5]

Production

According to Abel Ferrara, actor Willem Dafoe had suggested to the director that Shia LaBeouf be cast for the film's lead role. After Ferrara held several Zoom calls with LaBeouf, the latter agreed to join the film.[6]

Filming occurred in Puglia, Italy, in January 2022.[7] To prepare for his role, LaBeouf lived in a monastery with Franciscan Capuchin friars, where the film was also shot, and slept in a bed that Padre Pio had also used.[6] During the film's production, as a result of his spiritual experiences, LaBeouf converted to Catholicism. For the film, LaBeouf also refused to use an Italian accent to portray Pio, despite Ferrara's request that he do so, as the project had become too personal and important to wear a "mask".[8]

Release

The film premiered on 2 September 2022[9] in competition in the Giornate Degli Autori section of the 2022 Venice International Film Festival.[10] It received a four-minute ovation, mostly seated, at the premiere.[11]

Reception

On review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film has a 44% approval rating based on 9 reviews, with an average rating of 4.4/10.[12]

Jordan Mintzer of The Hollywood Reporter gave the film a negative review, describing it as "clunky" and criticizing its political themes for possessing "the subtlety of a cartoon for preschoolers".[13]

Peter Bradshaw of The Guardian gave the film a positive review, with a 3/5 rating, writing that it is "a weird film...with an undeveloped, improvised feel, like a fragment or shard of something else. Yet there is a background hum there...an awareness of something dark and malign. It is a minor film, but interesting."[4]

Ewan Gleadow of Cult Following wrote that "deep at the heart of Abel Ferrara and Shia LaBeouf’s collective passion project, Padre Pio, is a good war movie," but ultimately he gave the film a mixed review.[14]

References

External links

• Padre Pio at IMDb

На других языках

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[de] Padre Pio (2022)

Padre Pio ist ein Filmdrama von Abel Ferrara, das am 2. September 2022 bei den Internationalen Filmfestspielen von Venedig seine Premiere feierte. Die Filmbiografie spielt in der ersten Hälfte des 20. Jahrhunderts und erzählt von Pater Pio in jungen Jahren, der später zu einem der beliebtesten Heiligen Italiens avancierte.

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- [en] Padre Pio (film)

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