The read
Critics rate it 27 points higher than audiences do. Scores higher than 80% of the 679 1950s drama movies in this catalog. It runs a compact 1h 27m.
Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb7.3/10
Rotten Tomatoes100%
Critics rate it 27 points higher than audiences do.
101 audience votes
Key crew
- Brunello RondiScreenplay
- Roberto RosselliniDirector
- Federico FelliniScreenplay
- Antonio LisandriniScreenplay
- Félix MorliónScreenplay
- Renzo RosselliniOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Aldo FabriziNicolaio, il Tiranno di Viterbo
- Gianfranco BelliniNarrator (voice)
- PeparuoloGiovanni il Sempliciotto
- Severino PisacaneFra' Ginapro
- Roberto SorrentinoCast
- Nazario GerardiSan Francesco (uncredited)
- Arabella LemaitreSanta Chiara (uncredited)
- Renzo RosselliniNarrator (voice) (uncredited)
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Themes
neo realismitalian neo realism