Filmed on location in Italy, this biographical drama profiles contemporary saint Padre Pio, an Italian monk famous for the stigmata that afflicted him for much of his adult life and for being able to "read the souls" of penitents. Michele Placido stars as the San Giovanni Rotondo friar who tended to the souls of the masses for more than 50 years. Legendary composer Ennio Morricone provides the score. 1

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