Francesco(1989)

movie - first aired/released 1989-03-22 - 157 min - audience 6.6

Drama, History

Directed by Liliana Cavani

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 poverty.