As World War I concludes, young Italian soldiers return to the impoverished region of San Giovanni Rotondo, a place steeped in a history of violence and subjugation under the strict control of the church and its affluent landowners. The families are in dire straits, and the men, though technically triumphant, are shattered. Padre Pio arrives at a secluded Capuchin monastery to commence his ministry, radiating an aura of charisma and holiness, with profound visions of Jesus, Mary, and the Devil. On the brink of Italy’s first free elections, a massacre unfolds, carrying a symbolic weight as an apocalyptic event that alters the course of history.