The Flowers of St. Francis

Francesco, giullare di Dio

1950·87'

Roberto Rossellini

DramaHistory

★ 7.1

Letterboxd TMDB #56518

A Movie for Today... And All Time

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.

Cast

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)