
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.
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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.
Aldo Fabrizi
Nicolaio, il Tiranno di Viterbo
Gianfranco Bellini
Narrator (voice)
Peparuolo
Giovanni il Sempliciotto
Severino Pisacane
Fra' Ginapro (as Fra' Severino Pisacane)
Roberto Sorrentino
Nazario Gerardi
San Francesco (uncredited)
Arabella Lemaitre
Santa Chiara (uncredited)
Renzo Rossellini
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
La Grande Bouffe
7.2Quo Vadis
7.1Ordet
7.9Ro.Go.Pa.G.
7.2Knock on Any Door
6.1Totò cerca moglie
6.3The Taking of Power by Louis XIV
7.1The War Is Over
6.3Mary Poppins
7.6When Harry Met Sally...
7.4Apocalypse Now
8.3Blue Beetle
6.7Companion
7.1Train to Busan
7.8Jeanne Dielman, 23, quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles
7.4Inside Out
7.9Portrait of a Lady on Fire
8.1The Whale
7.8Anora
7.1Barbie
7.0