Product: Padre Pio, Miracle Man (2000)
Rating: 4.0
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Touching on key scenes of his life, 'Padre Pio, Miracle Man' transports the viewer through the saint's life. Nothing seems forced or stagnant. Sergio Castellitto is well-rounded and makes us forget that he's only an actor. Showing his tenderness and temper, and his vulnerability to enemies domestic and supernatural, this affecting drama seldom loses its footing. The supporting cast keeps it real, too. The story is structured much like 'Amadeus'. Pio tells his story/confession to a hardened cardinal, and we go back and forth from the aging saint to the portions retold of his life. Effective and absorbing.