Movie: Francesco

Drama
History

Overview: 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.

Release Date: 1989-03-22

Rating: 6.5

Casts


Mickey Rourke

Francesco

Helena Bonham Carter

Chiara

Andréa Ferréol

Francesco's Mother

Nikolaus Dutsch

Cardinal Colonna

Peter Berling

Bishop Guido

Hanns Zischler

Pope Innocent III