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New Years' Offering!
Get a spiritual
jump-start on your new year with some of these inspiring films on great saints,
Christian heroes and fine family stories. Padre Pio and Saint
Francis are acclaimed epic feature films about these two spiritual giants,
shot on location in Europe. The acting and cinematography is outstanding in
these films, and all the new films listed in this blast. Get the popcorn ready
and prepare for some powerful cinematic inspiration for the New Year!
Padre
Pio: Miracle Man This movie captures the Capuchin
friar's intense faith and devotion, and deep spiritual concern for others, as
well as his great compassion for the sick and suffering. It reveals the amazing
details and events in Padre Pio's life as a boy and throughout his 50 years as a
monk, dramatizing the frequent attacks of the Devil on him, as well as the
persecution he suffered at the hands of people, including those in the
church.
Saint
Francis Filmed on location in Assisi and
other actual locations where St. Francis lived and died, this feature film
vividly tells the story of this greatly beloved saint from childhood through his
death. Beautifully filmed with outstanding cinematography and fine acting
talent, this film stars Italian actor Raoul Bova as Francis and was directed by
acclaimed filmmaker Michele Soavi. Captured by the enemy as a soldier and put in
prison, he has a life changing experience that inspires him after being freed to
abandon his riches and dedicate his life to living the Gospel in simplicity,
poverty and charity towards all.
Sophie
Scholl In
1943, a group of college students mount an underground resistance movement in
Munich dedicated to the downfall of the monolithic Third Reich war machine. One
of its few female members, Sophie Scholl, is captured during a dangerous
mission. Her cross-examination by the Gestapo quickly escalates into a searing
test of wills as Scholl delivers a passionate call to freedom and personal
responsibility that is both haunting and timeless. Academy Award nominee for
Best Foreign Film.
