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Fratello sole, sorella luna (1972)
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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...
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Nominated for Oscar.
Another 3 wins
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1 nomination
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Beautifully haunting interpretation
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Cast
(Credited cast)| Graham Faulkner | ... | St. Francis of Assisi | |
| Judi Bowker | ... | Clare | |
| Leigh Lawson | ... | Bernardo | |
| Kenneth Cranham | ... | Paolo | |
| Lee Montague | ... | Pietro Di Bernardone | |
| Valentina Cortese | ... | Pica Di Bernardone | |
| Alec Guinness | ... | Pope Innocent III | |
| Michael Feast | ... | Silvestro | |
| Nicholas Willatt | ... | Giacondo | |
| John Sharp | ... | Bishop Guido | |
| Adolfo Celi | ... | Consul | |
| Francesco Guerrieri | ... | Deodato | |
| Peter Firth | |||
| rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
| Fortunato Arena | |||
| Aristide Caporale | ... | Derelict | |
| Carlo Hinterman | |||
| Guido Lollobrigida | |||
| Carlo Pisacane | ... | San Damiano Priest | |
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Brother Sun, Sister Moon (UK) (USA)
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Italy:135 min | UK:122 min | USA:121 min
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Film debut of Leigh Lawson.
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Continuity: 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.
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Pietro Di Bernardone:
That's obvious what was wrong with him. The boy needed a woman.
Pica Di Bernardone: Don't be so clumsy, monsignor. It's L'Amour
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Pica Di Bernardone: Don't be so clumsy, monsignor. It's L'Amour
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Preghiera semplice
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Oh yes, we can look at this as a parable of the "hippies" and an anti-war, anti-establishment film (as if those are somehow "bad" things.) It is all that. Any director who cannot interpret through the lenses of his time is not a very good director. Zefferelli is a master at it. It may make the movies seem dated but that also is a sign of mastership as we see the life of Francis and also see life in the Vietnam era 1970s. The movie itself is hauntingly filmed in a dreamlike manner. It tells the story of Francis who we will later know as Saint Francis Of Assissi. It is not an attempt to tell the complete story of the saint, but to use episodes from his life to speak to the culture of the time. It is not a biography so much as it is an interpretation.