The Flowers of St. Francis (movie)
Francesco, giullare di Dio- User score: 7.2
- Production country: Italy
- Producer: Roberto Rossellini
- Production companies: Rizzoli Film, Cineriz
- Genre: History, Drama, Comedy
- Release date: 12/15/1950
- Run time: 87 min.
Movie description
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.
