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Brother Sun, Sister Moon (1972)
"Fratello sole, sorella luna" (original title)

 -  Biography | Drama | History  -  2 December 1972 (USA)
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This is a dramatization of events in the life of St. Francis of Assisi from before his conversion experience through his audience with the pope, including his friendship with St. Clare.

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This is a dramatization of events in the life of St. Francis of Assisi from before his conversion experience through his audience with the pope, including his friendship with St. Clare. Written by Ed Cannon <ecannon@mail.utexas.edu>

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Brother Sun, Sister Moon  »

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Film debut of Leigh Lawson. See more »

Goofs

Francis is shown part way down the roof line when he picks up the bird, but without walking any further, he is at the end of the roof when he lets it go. See more »

Quotes

Bishop Guido: [to the Consul] This is beyond blasphemy! Do you suggest that you are in direct communication with the Word of God?
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Version of Francesco (1989) See more »

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"Fratello sole sorella luna"
(Riz Ortolani-Benjamin)
Sung by Claudio Baglioni
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Q: Wasn't there another movie, a few decades earlier, about St. Francis: "Brother Sun, Sister Moon"...?
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I absolutely love this movie!
25 March 2004 | by (United States) – See all my reviews

This is one of the most beautiful films I have ever seen. Whenever I feel down or my energy lags, I pop this film into my VCR and I'm transformed. The rythm of the movie is what I enjoy most. It is like a great symphony, with rising action that compliments the wonderful music by Donovan.

This is a film that is totally captive to its time and place. It's impossible to think of this movie being made five years earlier or later. It is completely a product of the early '70's. The brotherly love shown by the Franciscans of Assisi, the touching of man to man without a hint of homosexuality, would be unthinkable today.

Franco Zeffrelli is a master of setting up his camera and location shooting. Notice the great sweeps over the lovely red and yellow fields of Italy, and the use of the architecture of the region.
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