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 |
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Gianfranco Bellini | Narrator |
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Peparuolo | Giovanni il Sempliciotto |
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Severino Pisacane | Fra' Ginapro |
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Roberto Sorrentino | |
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Nazario Gerardi | San Francesco |
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Arabella Lemaitre | Santa Chiara |
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Renzo Rossellini | Narrator |
Director | Roberto Rossellini |
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Writer | Roberto Rossellini, Federico Fellini, Félix Morlión, Antonio Lisandrini, Brunello Rondi | |
Producer | Giuseppe Amato, Angelo Rizzoli | |
Musician | Renzo Rossellini | |
Photography | Otello Martelli |