The Flowers of St. Francis

Roberto Rossellini

1950•87 min.•

Italy

★7.1(95)

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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Aldo Fabrizi
Nicolaio, il Tiranno di Viterbo
Gianfranco Bellini
Narrator (voice)
P
Peparuolo
Giovanni il Sempliciotto
SP
Severino Pisacane
Fra' Ginapro (as Fra' Severino Pisacane)
RS
Roberto Sorrentino
NG
Nazario Gerardi
San Francesco (uncredited)
AL
Arabella Lemaitre
Santa Chiara (uncredited)
Renzo Rossellini
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

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