Francesco d'Assisi (1966)
Francis of Assisi
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.
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as Francesco d'Assisi
as Pietro Bernardone
as Pica Bernardone
as Fra' Bernardo
as Capitano di ventura
as Guido
as Pietro Cattani
as Vescovo di Assisi
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as Rufino
as Pietro di Stacia
as Papa Innocenzo III
as Fra' Silvestro
as Fra' Giovanni
as Fra' Leone
as Chiara
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