Francesco, giullare di Dio (1950)

Title: The Flowers of St. Francis

Original Title: Francesco, giullare di Dio

Release Date: 1950-12-15

Status: Released

Rating: 7.121/10 (from 91 votes)

Language: IT

Genres: History, Drama

Production Companies: Rizzoli Film, Cineriz

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.