The Flowers of St. Francis

After Stromboli, Roberto Rossellini made The Flowers of St. Francis, an eleven-episode anthology about the life of Saint Francis of Assisi and his disciples and the formation of the Franciscan Order, based on the Little Flowers of St. Francis one of the great Christian works, and The Life of Brother Ginepro, about Friar Junípero, one of Saint Francis's foremost disciples. A true lesson in humility, consistent with the principles of Saint Francis, The Flowers of St. Francis is one of Rossellini's most austere films, applying neorealist techniques to create a wise work of exceptional humanism that renews not only our vision of cinema, but also our vision of the world.