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El Padre Pitillo

El Padre Pitillo

  • Spain
  • 1946
  • · 78m

Director Roberto de Ribón
Cast Lucho Córdoba, Chela Bon, Conchita Buxón, Nieves Yankovic, José Perlá, Plácido Martín, José Pi Cánovas, Elena Moreno, Mireya Véliz
Genre Romance

Rosita, a poor and naive girl, becomes entangled in a delicate love affair, which forces her to seek the spiritual help of the kind and ingenious Padre Pitillo, a country priest who does not censure the passion that has ruined poor Rosita, but puts things in their place, in his own particular way.

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What are critics saying?

70

The New Yorker by Richard Brody

In its hectic, scattershot way, Padre Pio feels very much of the desperate present day.

63

Slant Magazine by William Repass

Offering visceral immediacy over meticulous construction, Padre Pio bristles with arresting images.

60

The Irish Times by Tara Brady

The sins and injustices of the outside world find terrible expression in St Pio of Pietrelcina’s body and imperfect expression in Ferrara’s 22nd feature.

60

Los Angeles Times by Noel Murray

For those willing to stretch a little to connect with Ferrara, Padre Pio is often as rewarding as it is challenging.

38

RogerEbert.com by Brian Tallerico

Padre Pio is a therapy session for star Shia LaBeouf, intercut with a story of labor strife in a traumatized Italian village. If that sounds weird, it is, but never in a way that's consistently interesting.

32

Paste Magazine by Jesse Hassenger

Padre Pio’s two halves stubbornly, constantly butt heads with each other, stories in catastrophic disharmony.

30

The New York Times by Glenn Kenny

LaBeouf essays a rather, let’s say, contemporary Pio. And completely sinks the picture.

20

The Telegraph by Robbie Collin

In cinematic confession, no number of Hail Marys could make amends for this.