The Flowers of St. Francis

Francesco, giullare di Dio

Also known as O Santo dos Pobrezinhos, Elf fioretti van Franciscus van Assisie, Onze fioretti de François d'Assise, Saint-François d'Assise, ménestrel de Dieu, Saint-François, ménestrel de Dieu

“A Movie for Today... And All Time”

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.