Francesco

The life of St. Francis of Assisi (1181-1226) as related by followers who gather after his death to tell stories so that Leone can record them: a privileged and virile youth, a prisoner of war, an heir who turns away from his father and gives all to the poor, a beggar for others, and an inspiration to friends who accept the Gospels' life of poverty.

• Liliana CavaniDirector
• Liliana CavaniScreenplay
• Roberta MazzoniScreenplay
• VangelisOriginal Music Composer

• Mickey RourkeFrancesco
• Helena Bonham CarterChiara
• Andréa FerréolFrancesco's Mother
• Nikolaus DutschCardinal Colonna
• Peter BerlingBishop Guido
• Hanns ZischlerPope Innocent III
• Mario AdorfCardinal Ugolino
• Paolo BonacelliFrancesco's Father
• Fabio BussottiLeone
• Riccardo De TorrebrunaPietro Cattani
• Matteo CorsiniAngelo
• Edward FarrellyEgidio