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Director:
Michele Soavi
Writers:
Salvatore De Mola (teleplay)
Leonardo Fasoli (story)
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Release Date:
24 December 2005 (Hungary) more
Genre:
Drama
Plot:
The life of Saint Francis, a saint who was born rich, in the medieval Tuscany, and abandoned all his goods to live closer to the population and is nowadays remembered as the saint protector of Italy. | add synopsis
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Runtime:
130 min (2 episodes) | USA:192 min
Country:
Italy
Language:
Italian
Color:
Color
Company:
MediaTrade more

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Version of Francis of Assisi (1961) more

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12 out of 18 people found the following comment useful:-
Another film about "Il Poverello", 21 January 2007
Author: Vincentiu from Romania

An interesting film about a special hero of faith. Beautiful, subtle, pleasant. But, in same time, very strange. At first, for the carnal Francis propose by director. For me, the perfect image of "The Second Crist" is the Giotto's fresco. Then, for the original spirit of acting, pragmatic, powerful and shallow. In final, for the humanization of a sacred symbol because Francis of Assisi is not only a saint of a religion, patron of animals, Italy or environment, venerated in Romano Catholicism, founder of "Friars Minor" but one of most important builders of European values.

His life is part of a huge adventure to discover the roots of faith and the essence of Christianism. His "Canticum Fratris Solis", his Regula, his sacrifice and his conversion, stories from "Fioretti di San Francesco" are in same measure important in West and in East. The gestures, answers or prays are same in Orthodox Church, with same sense. The cross of San Damiano remains like fundamental sign of responsibility's forms. And, more important, Francis is model for every desire, hope and fight who compose our life.

In conclusion, a good film. Not remarkable, not poetic, splendid or heroic. But touching and kindly, decent and subtle. In fact, may be a film about Poverello a failure?

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