Francis of Assisi (1966)
• September 1st, 1966 • 2h 14min
History, Drama
Overview
Cavani made her first full-length feature film in 1966 with Francis of Assisi (Francesco d'Assisi). Made for television and aired in two parts, it was deeply influenced by the style of Rossellini and the atmosphere typical of the films of Pasolini. Made in a period of political unrest, it was to become a kind of manifesto of dissenting Catholicism. Starring Lou Castel, it portrays Francis of Assisi as a slightly depressed protestor and an avid, albeit mad, supporter of armed brotherhood. The ideal defender of the 1968 student movement. The film was a great success, but also triggered many negative reactions. It was called "heretical, blasphemous and offensive for the faith of the Italian people". It was the first of many polemical reactions to Cavani's work.
Make sure to check your pop-up blocker!!
Trailer
Similar Movies
Love Letter
Released on: 1953-12-13
Romance, Drama
A sad and troubled man finds a new job five years after the end of WWII, where he writes love letter...
From Dust to Light
Released on: 2024-02-20
Documentary, History
Filmed In the heart of the mountainous villages of Greece and North Macedonia, the documentary follo...
The Kotsiubynsky family
Released on: 1970-03-14
History, Drama
The events of the film cover the story of the Kotsiubynsky family in the years 1912-1918, ending wit...
Home Again
Released on: 2017-09-07
Comedy, Drama, Romance
Life for a single mom in Los Angeles takes an unexpected turn when she allows three young guys to mo...
Dream Girl
Released on: 2016-11-22
Drama, Science Fiction, Romance
Humans use technology to improve their lives, to forge connections, to create time that doesn’t exis...
Isolde
Released on: 1989-03-17
Drama
After librarian Isolde attempts suicide, she leaves her politician husband for a younger student wit...
Laocoon & Sons: The Story of the Transformation of Esmeralda del Rio
Released on: 1972-03-27
Drama
Once upon a time there was a country known by the name of Laura Molloy. Laura Molloy was the name of...
That Lovely Girl
Released on: 2014-08-21
Drama
Moshe and Tami are a couple, Moshe is in his fifties and Tami is in her early twenties. They live t...
Stripped to Kill
Released on: 1987-03-20
Drama, Crime
A Los Angeles policewoman's partner has her pose as a stripper to lure a killer of strippers.
Großstadtförsterin – Berliner Besonderheiten
Released on: 2024-02-29
Drama
Young forester Jana Doussière takes up a short-term position at the Grunewald forestry office. Comin...
Little Girl Blue
Released on: 2023-11-01
Drama, History, Documentary
In 2016, French writer and photographer Carole Achache took her own life. After Carole's death, her ...
Breathe
Released on: 2014-11-12
Drama
Charlie, a 17-year-old girl tortured by doubt, is thrilled when she becomes friends with Sarah, but ...
Gett: The Trial of Viviane Amsalem
Released on: 2014-06-25
Drama
The trial story of Viviane Amsalem's five year fight to obtain her divorce in front of the only lega...
Casi divas
Released on: 2008-08-21
Comedy, Drama
Four ambitious and beautiful young women. From four very different corners of Mexico. Just like hund...
Sound of Waves
Released on: 2016-10-30
Drama
Umi’s hearing is so sensitive that even notes played slightly out-of-tune give her a headache. Violi...
Meet Me There
Released on: 2014-04-04
Drama, Horror, Thriller
After several years of sexual dysfunction, Ada and her boyfriend, Calvin travel to her hometown in r...
Manuela Jankovic's War
Released on: 2014-12-03
Drama
Manuela (40) is the cook in a restaurant when the Balkan conflict breaks out on the other side of th...
Pornotropic
Released on: 2020-09-30
Documentary, History
When French writer Marguerite Duras (1914-96) published her novel The Sea Wall in 1950, she came ver...
Kim Ji-young, Born 1982
Released on: 2019-10-23
Drama
Kim Ji-young, an ordinary woman in her 30s, suddenly shows signs of being inhabited by other women f...