Francesco (film)

Francesco (film)

Infobox Film
name = Francesco
director = Lilianna Cavalli
writer = Lilianna Cavalli and Roberta Mazoni
starring = Mickey Rourke
Helena Bonham Carter
cinematography = Roger Deakins
distributor = Ital-Noleggio Cinematografico
released = Italy
runtime = Germany:104 min | Italy:150 min | Argentina:133 min
country = Italy , West Germany
language = English, Italian

Francesco is a 1989 docu-drama about St. Francis of Assisi which portrayed by Saturn award-winner actor Mickey Rourke. Film also stars Academy Award-nominated actress Helena Bonham Carter as Saint Clare of Assisi.

Plot

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. The Saint and founder of the Franciscan Order of Friars Minor is played by Mickey Rourke and his inspiration, the woman who later became Saint Clare is played by Helena Bonham Carter. Raised as the pampered son of a merchant, Francis goes off to war, only to return with a profound horror for the society which generated such suffering. In one scene, as an act of renunciation, he strips himself of his fine clothing in front of his father, and leaves the house naked and barefoot, joining the lepers an beggars in the poor section of town. The film follows with a series of episodes from the saint's life rather than a coherent narrative follows, up until his final days when he receives the stigmata, or wounds similar to those on the body of Jesus at the crucifixion.

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