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Francesco is a 1989 historical drama film about the life of St. Francis of Assisi. It is directed and co-written by Liliana Cavani, and stars Mickey Rourke as Francis and Helena Bonham Carter as the future St. Claire. The screenplay is adapted from Hermann Hesse’s 1904 book Francis of Assisi. Vangelis composed the musical score.
Mar 22, 1989 · Francesco: Directed by Liliana Cavani. With Mickey Rourke, Helena Bonham Carter, Andréa Ferréol, Nikolaus Dutsch. Docudrama about the life of St-Francis of Assisi.
Imprisonment leads an Italian merchant's son to religious awakening, in a portrait of St. Francis of Assisi.
Watch it without expectations. It's not a perfect adaptation but the film was recently restored to almost it's original cut. There was a DVD version going around for years that chopped off a third of the film. The new one is more complete.
Mar 1, 1991 · The life of St. Francis of Assisi (1181-1226) as related by followers who gather after his death to tell stories so that Leone can record them: a privileged and virile youth, a prisoner of war, an heir who turns away from his father and gives all to the poor, a beggar for others, and an inspiration to friends who accept the Gospels' life of ...
Synopsis. in flashback, the film relates Francis of Assisi' evolution from rich man's son to religious humanitarian and eventually to full-fledged saint. Francesco was based on Herman Hesse's Francis of Assisi, which director Liliana Cavani had previously filmed in 1966.
Based on Herman Hesse’s Francis of Assisi, Francesco depicts the life and times of St. Francis of Assisi and the rise of the Franciscan order that he founded. Beautiful, interesting, incredible cinema.
