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The Flowers of St. Francis(Movie, 1950)

Original title: "Francesco, giullare di Dio" (Italian/IT)
1h 27min | Genres: Drama, Comedy, History
The Flowers of St. FrancisRating: 3.6/5 (with 3434 votes)
The Flowers of St. Francis (in Italian, Francesco, giullare di Dio, or "Francis, God's Jester") is a 1950 film directed by Roberto Rossellini and co-written by Federico Fellini. The film is based on two books, the 14th-century novel Fioretti di San Francesco (Little Flowers of St. Francis) and La Vita di Frate Ginepro (The Life of Brother Juniper), both of which relate the life and work of St. Francis and the early Franciscans. I Fioretti is composed of 78 small chapters. The novel as a whole is less biographical and instead focuses on relating tales of the life of St. Francis and his followers. The movie follows the same premise, though rather than relating all 78 chapters, it focuses instead on nine of them. Each chapter is composed in the style of a parable and, like parables, contains a moral theme. Every new scene transitions with a chapter marker, a device that directly relates the film to the novel. On October 6, 1952, when the movie debuted in America, where the novel was much less known, the chapter markers were removed. Included in the acting cast is Gianfranco Bellini as the narrator, who has voice-dubbed several American films for the Italian cinema. Monks from the Nocer... ()
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About The Flowers of St. Francis

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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Francesco, Giullare Di Dio (1950) Italian Trailer Subt. English(Trailer, 1:23)

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Additional Information

Production country: Italy
Plays in: Italy
Based on: "Little Flowers of St. Francis" (find it on Amazon)
Original language: Italian (IT)
Spoken languages: Italian (IT), Latin (LA)
Translated into 13 languages: German (DE), English (EN), Spanish (ES), French (FR), Hungarian (HU), Italian (IT), Georgian (KA), Korean (KO), Dutch (NL), Polish (PL), Portuguese (PT), Russian (RU), Chinese (Mandarin) (ZH)
Status: Released
Release date DE: 12/15/1950
Appearing Characters: Francis of Assisi, Clare of Assisi, Juniper
Cast: Aldo Fabrizi, Brother Nazario Gerardi, Brother Severino Pisacane, Arabella Lemaître, Gianfranco Bellini
Producer: Angelo Rizzoli
Film Editor: Jolanda Benvenuti
Director of Photography: Otello Martelli
Composer: Enrico Buondonno, Renzo Rossellini
Alternative titles in other countries (from previews, ads etc.):
"O Santo dos Pobrezinhos"
"Francisco, juglar de Dios"
"Les 11 Fioretti de François d'Assise"
"Francis, God's Jester"
Color: Black & White (B/W)

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