Pier Giorgio Frassati: Episode Three

Pier Giorgio Frassati defends his friend in a fight with Mussolini’s fascists. Pier Giorgio says a rosary while imprisoned, mentioning St. Paul as a role model for him.

There is a sense of foreboding and violence as Pier Giorgio Frassati attends a political event. Violence breaks out at a protest with Mussolini’s fascist blackshirts. Punches are thrown between Pier Giorgio Frassati, his friend Marco, and blackshirt fascists. Police arrest Pier Giorgio Frassati.