The Flowers of St. Francis
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In a series of simple and joyous vignettes, director Roberto Rossellini and co-writer Federico Fellini lovingly convey the universal teachings of the People’s Saint: humility, compassion, faith, and sacrifice. Gorgeously photographed to evoke the medieval paintings of Saint Francis’s time, and cast with monks from the Nocera Inferiore Monastery, The Flowers of St. Francis is a timeless and moving portrait of the search for spiritual enlightenment.
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In a series of simple and joyous vignettes, director Roberto Rossellini and co-writer Federico Fellini lovingly convey the universal teachings of the People’s Saint: humility, compassion, faith, and sacrifice. Gorgeously photographed to evoke the medieval paintings of Saint Francis’s time, and cast with monks from the Nocera Inferiore Monastery, The Flowers of St. Francis is a timeless and moving portrait of the search for spiritual enlightenment.
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The Flowers of St. Francis
In a series of simple and joyous vignettes, director Roberto Rossellini and co-writer Federico Fellini lovingly convey the universal teachings of the People’s Saint: humility, compassion, faith, and sacrifice. Gorgeously photographed to evoke the medieval paintings of Saint Francis’s time, and cast with monks from the Nocera Inferiore Monastery, The Flowers of St. Francis is a timeless and moving portrait of the search for spiritual enlightenment.
- Directors
- Roberto Rossellini
- Producers
- Angelo Rizzoli
- Cast and Characters
- Aldo Fabrizi (Nicolaio, il Tiranno di Viterbo), Gianfranco Bellini (Narrator (voice)), Peparuolo (Giovanni il Sempliciotto), Severino Pisacane (Fra' Ginapro), Roberto Sorrentino, Nazario Gerardi (San Francesco (uncredited)), Arabella Lemaitre (Santa Chiara (uncredited)), Renzo Rossellini (Narrator (voice) (uncredited))
- Languages
- Italian, Latin