The first steps of one of the most popular saints of the Catholic Church, Padre Pio. In his early years of priesthood, he eases tensions between socialists and communists in the Apulia region and gains more and more popularity, while being plagued by visions as local violence grows. Screened at the Giornate degli Autori at the 2022 Venice Film Festival.
Abel Ferrara
Born in New York in 1951, Abel Ferrara began his career with a Super-8 camera in his teenage years. His first feature was the pornographic 9 Lives of a Wet Pussy (1976), in which he also acted. His filmography includes The Driller Killer (1979), Fear City (1984), Bad Lieutenant (1992), 'R Xmas (2001), 4:44 Last Day on Earth (2011), Welcome to New York (2014), and Pasolini (2014).
