Presented in 35mm!
Thursday, January 5 | 5:30 & 8 pm
Described by legendary filmmaker and critic François Truffaut as “the most beautiful film in the world,” The Flowers of St. Francis dramatizes a series of nine short episodes in the lives of St. Francis of Assisi and his earliest followers. From the lightly comic first chapter in which one of the brothers returns naked after giving his cloak to someone in need to the powerful encounter between Francis and a leper, The Flowers of St. Francis brings both humor and grace to its vividly natural, period treatment of monastic life. Directed by master Italian neorealist filmmaker Roberto Rossellini (Rome Open City), from a screenplay that was co-written by Federico Fellini (8 ½), The Flowers of St. Francis is among the richest and most profound expressions of the Catholic faith ever to appear on the screen. Museum Films is proud to present Rossellini’s masterpiece on 35mm.
Director Roberto Rossellini 1950 Italy 85 minutes NR 35mm
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pzDn8BVUGZU
