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Francesco

Release Date:March 1, 1991

Running Time:157 min

Genres:Drama, History

Director

Cast

Mickey Rourke Helena Bonham Carter Andréa Ferréol Nikolaus Dutsch Peter Berling Hanns Zischler Mario Adorf Paolo Bonacelli Fabio Bussotti Riccardo De Torrebruna Matteo Corsini Edward Farrelly

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Synopsis

The life of St. Francis of Assisi (1181-1226) as related by followers who gather after his death to tell stories so that Leone can record them: a privileged and virile youth, a prisoner of war, an heir who turns away from his father and gives all to the poor, a beggar for others, and an inspiration to friends who accept the Gospels' life of poverty.

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