ANTONIO WARRIOR OF GOD (Antonio guerriero di dio) (2006) FREE February 24, 2007

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Directed by: Antonello Belluco
In Italian with English subtitles
Running time: 105min.

In the Basilica of Padua, a friar kneels and weeps before a simple tomb. He is Folco, an ex-criminal once sent by bosses to track down and threaten the life of St. Anthony. He begins to tell a story that begins in 1221, with a fabulous mysterious treasure lost at sea in a shipwrecked vessel from Africa… St. Anthony was a young nobleman who enjoyed all the sumptuous pleasures and privileges of his powerful medieval family. Yet, much to the shock of his entourage, the young Anthony one day suddenly demanded to go out into the streets of the city.

A young man of his birth was usually protected from the world outside the walls of his domain, but Anthony could not be stopped. He was compelled to obey a mysterious inner voice. Gazing upon the unspeakable misery, disease and cruelty everywhere, Anthony was overcome with boundless compassion. The moving and courageous story of St. Anthony of Padua began on that day. He embraced the vows of poverty and chastity in the footsteps of St Francis of Assisi to dedicate all of his vast culture, natural brilliance, fine education, to defending the poor and the oppressed against injustice. And the people flocked to hear him, they filled the town squares, and stormed the streets.

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