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.
Cast
Aldo Fabrizi
as Nicolaio, il Tiranno di Viterbo
Gianfranco Bellini
as Narrator (voice)
Peparuolo
as Giovanni il Sempliciotto
Severino Pisacane
as Fra' Ginapro
Roberto Sorrentino
as
Nazario Gerardi
as San Francesco (uncredited)
Arabella Lemaitre
as Santa Chiara (uncredited)
Renzo Rossellini
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
