Saint Philip Neri: I Prefer Heaven

(2010)

★ 7.9 IMDb · 491 votes

Genres: Drama

Year: 2010

Runtime: 200 min

Country: Italy

Director: Giacomo Campiotti

Cast: Gigi Proietti, Francesco Salvi, Roberto Citran, Sebastiano Lo Monaco, Francesca Chillemi

Plot

One of the most popular saints of all time, St. Philip Neri was widely known for his great charity, deep prayer life, and tremendous humor. Hoping to join St. Ignatius of Loyola's new order of Jesuits and be a missionary to India, Philip was instead guided by Providence to seek out the poor and abandoned youth of Rome to catechize them in the faith and help them find a better life. He became the founder of the religious congregation, the Oratory, that worked with the youth and also labored to re-evangelize a decadent Rome.