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Francesco
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Info
Original Title: Francesco
Country: Italy, Germany
Year: 1989
Genres: Biographical, Reiglious, Drama
Director: Liliana Cavani
Screenplay: Liliana Cavani e Roberta Mazzoni
Scenography: Danilo Donati
Photography: Giuseppe Lanci (ed Ennio Guarnieri)
Music by: Vangelis
Production: Karol Film, RAI, Istituto Luce, Royal Film
Cast
Mickey Rourke -> Francesco
Helena Bonham Carter -> Chiara
Andréa Ferréol -> Pica Bernardone
Peter Berling -> Bishop Guido
Hanns Zischler -> Pope Innocenzo III
Plot
Francesco is a 1989 docu-drama relating in flashback St. Francis of Assisi's evolution from rich man's son to religious humanitarian and finally to full-fledged saint. The film was based on Hermann Hesse's Francis of Assisi, which director Liliana Cavani had previously filmed in 1966. It was shot in the Italian region of Abruzzo and it stars Mickey Rourke and Helena Bonham Carter. Greek composer, Vangelis, provided the musical score.
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 and beggars in the poor section of town. A series of episodes from Francis' life follows, rather than a coherent narrative, until his final days when he receives the stigmata, the wounds Christ suffered at the crucifixion.
The film won three awards and was nominated for a fourth. Danilo Donati won the 1989 David di Donatello Award for Best Production Design, and the 1989 Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists Silver Ribbon also for Best Production Design. Fabio Bussotti won the Syndicate's Best Supporting Actor Award. Director Liliana Cavani was nominated for the Golden Palm at the 1989 Cannes Film Festival
General Info
Compression: No
Movie Quality: DVD5
Size: 4628 Mb
Languages: Italian Ac3 2.0
Runtime: 150 min.
Menu: Yes
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