Gritty cult director Ferrara gets religion in 'Padre Pio'

Gritty cult director Ferrara gets religion in 'Padre Pio'

(AP) – Director Abel Ferrara's new project starring Shia LaBeouf pays homage to Padre Pio, the mystic Capuchin monk best known for having displayed the “stigmata” wounds of Christ.

Gritty cult director Ferrara gets religion in new film ‘Padre Pio,’ starring Shia LaBeouf

Abel Ferrara is directing the upcoming "Padre Pio," starring Shia LaBeouf, about the stigmatic saint of 20th-century Italy. The film centers itself around the rise of fascism in Italy.

Gritty Cult Director Ferrara Gets Religion in "Padre Pio"

ROME — Abel Ferrara, whose gritty New York exploitation films of the 1980s and 1990s delved into the soulless evils of drug addiction, corruption and sexual violence, pays homage to one of Italy's best-known and most revered saints in his newest film, "Padre Pio." That the film, which stars Shia

Gritty cult director Ferrara gets religion in ‘Padre Pio’

By NICOLE WINFIELDROME (AP) — Abel Ferrara, whose gritty New York exploitation films of the 1980s and 1990s delved into the soulless evils of drug addiction, corruption and sexual violence, pays homage to one of Italy’s best-known and most revered saints in his newest film, “Padre Pio.” That the film, which stars Shia LaBeouf and premieres at the next week, confirms a change of pace for the cult director is an understatement, one that Ferrara, …

Gritty cult director Ferrara gets religion in 'Padre Pio'

Abel Ferrara is perhaps best known for his gritty New York exploitation films of the 1980s and 1990s that delved into the soulless evils of drug addiction, corruption and sexual violence

Gritty cult director Ferrara gets religion in 'Padre Pio'

Abel Ferrara is perhaps best known for his gritty New York exploitation films of the 1980s and 1990s that delved into the soulless evils of drug addiction, corruption and sexual violence