Superlove (1999)
Directed by Jean-Claude Janer

Film Synopsis

The Holy Mother is very selective in whom she chooses to show herself to these days.  Not one for the celebrity phenomenon that plagues our modern era, she tends to keep herself to herself, putting in the odd appearance now and again just to keep the old faith alive and reassure her believers that they are on the right lines.  This is why Mario feels so especially honoured when the Virgin Mary appears to him one day.  For this ordinary barber in a small provincial town, it is the last thing he would have expected.  Mario shows his gratitude by taking the saintly apparition back home with him and introducing her to his parents.

The latter are understandably over the moon to make the acquaintance of the mother of the Son of God - it's not the kind of thing that happens every day.  Thinking it would be discourteous to do otherwise, they offer her a room in their modest homestead.  From the moment that the Virgin Mary enters Mario's household the whole family undergoes a remarkable transformation.  Mario and his family begin to change their behaviour, in ways that might be considered eccentric, even freakish.  Mario is the one who is most affected - now he feels he is on a mission and must tell the truth at all times.   The Holy Mother is the cause of all this, but what will Mario do when he discovers that she is not quite what she appears to be.  In fact, far from being a divine personage, she has something of the Devil in her...