St. Francis (film)

*St. Francis*
St. Francis
Screenplay by	Leonardo Fasoli; Giacomo Scarpelli; Michele Soavi; Salvatore De Mola
Story by	Leonardo Fasoli; Pietro Valsecchi
Directed by	Michele Soavi
Starring	Raoul Bova; Erika Blanc; David Brandon;
Composer	Carlo Siliotto
Original language	Italian
Production
Cinematography	Gianni Mammolotti
Editor	Anna Napoli
Running time	182 minutes
Original release
Network	Canale 5
Release	2002

St. Francis (Italian: Francesco) is a 2002 Italian television movie written and directed by Michele Soavi. The film is based on real life events of Catholic friar and then saint Francis of Assisi.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Plot

Cast

Raoul Bova as Francis
Gianmarco Tognazzi as Bernardo
Amélie Daure as Clare
Claudio Gioè as Peter
Paolo Briguglia as Sylvester
Mariano Rigillo as Pietro di Bernardone
Erika Blanc as Monna Pica
Sergio Romano as Friar Elias
Gabriele Bocciarelli as Friar Masseo
Fausto Paravidino as Friar Gineprus
Nino D'Agata as Friar Lion
Toni Bertorelli as Pope Innocent III
David Brandon as Favarone
Luca Lionello as The Young Tailor

References

↑ Sergio Perugini (November 2011). Testimoni di fede, trionfatori di audience. Effata Editrice IT, 2011. ISBN 978-8874027323.
↑ Silvia Fumarola (6 October 2002). "Francesco, santo dei no-global". La Repubblica. Retrieved 5 July 2015.
↑ Aldo Grasso (7 October 2002). "La favola di Francesco". Corriere della Sera. Retrieved 5 July 2015.

External links

St. Francis at IMDb

[1] Sergio Perugini (November 2011). Testimoni di fede, trionfatori di audience. Effata Editrice IT, 2011. ISBN 978-8874027323.

[2] Silvia Fumarola (6 October 2002). "Francesco, santo dei no-global". La Repubblica. Retrieved 5 July 2015.

[3] Aldo Grasso (7 October 2002). "La favola di Francesco". Corriere della Sera. Retrieved 5 July 2015.

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Francis of Assisi
Organisations	Order of Friars Minor (Custody of the Holy Land) Order of Saint Clare Secular Franciscan Order Third Order of Saint Francis
Works by Francis	Canticle of the Sun
Created	Sanctuary of Greccio Nativity scene (live)
Honors	Feast of Saints Francis and Catherine World Animal Day
Literature about	Little Flowers of St. Francis
Visual art	Saint Francis in Ecstasy (Bellini) Nativity with Saint Francis and Saint Lawrence (Caravaggio) Saint Francis in Meditation (Caravaggio) Saint Francis in Prayer (Caravaggio) Saint Francis of Assisi in Ecstasy (Caravaggio) Saint Francis Receiving the Stigmata (van Eyck) Saint Francis Receiving the Stigmata (Giotto) Saint Francis (Gonçalves) Saint Francis of Assisi in Ecstasy (studio of El Greco) Saint Francis (Zurbarán) Saint Francis in Ecstasy (Zurbarán) Saint Francis of Assisi in His Tomb (Zurbarán)
Music	"All Creatures of Our God and King" The Canticle of the Sun (Sowerby) Le Laudi (Suter oratorio) Légende No. 1 (Liszt) Laudato si' (Reulein oratorio) Quatre petites prières de saint François d'Assise
Stage	Nobilissima Visione (1938 ballet) Saint François d'Assise (1983 Messiaen opera) Samstag aus Licht (1983 Stockhausen opera)
Films	Frate Sole (1918) The Flowers of St. Francis (1950) Francis of Assisi (1961) Francesco di Assisi (1966) Brother Sun, Sister Moon (1972) Francesco (1989) St. Francis (2002) Clare and Francis (2007)
Related	List of places named after Saint Francis Wolf of Gubbio Madonna of Foligno Discalced Prayer of Saint Francis Society of Saint Francis Pope Francis "The Sermon of St. Francis" (poem) Pranchiyettan & the Saint
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