A Movie for Today... And All Time
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.
Screenplay: Brunello Rondi, Félix Morlión, Federico Fellini, Antonio Lisandrini
Director: Roberto Rossellini
Story: Roberto Rossellini
Director of Photography: Otello Martelli
Producer: Angelo Rizzoli
The Flowers of St. Francis (Roberto Rossellini, 1950)