Padre Pio Review: Tedious Religious Dogma Severely Tests Patience

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Padre Pio Review: Tedious Religious Dogma Severely Tests Patience

A tormented priest arrives in an Italian village where a looming election pits angry peasants against wealthy landowners. Padre Pio, the latest from auteur Abel Ferrara, chronicles the formative years of a future Catholic saint with a bizarrely unbalanced narrative. What could have been a gripping portrayal of faith in times of crisis devolves into a dull slog. The protagonist never interacts with the socioeconomic upheaval happening around him.…