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The Flowers of St. Francis (1950)

The Flowers of St. Francis (1950)

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A Movie for Today... And All Time

Release Date: 1950, December 15
Directors: Roberto Rossellini
Countries: Italy
Production: Rizzoli Film, Rizzoli Film, Cineriz, Cineriz
Cast: Aldo Fabrizi, Gianfranco Bellini, Peparuolo, Severino Pisacane, Nazario Gerardi, Arabella Lemaitre

Overview:

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.

Keywords:

neo realism italian neo realism