Brother sun, sister moon
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | Brother sun, sister moon |
| Original title | Fratello Sole, sorella Luna |
| Country of production | UK , Italy |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 1972 |
| length | 116 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 12 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Franco Zeffirelli |
| script |
Suso Cecchi D'Amico Kenneth Ross Lina Wertmüller Franco Zeffirelli |
| production |
Dyson Lovell Luciano Perugia |
| music |
Donovan Riz Ortolani |
| camera | Ennio Guarnieri |
| cut | Reginald Mills |
| occupation | |
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Brother Sun, Sister Moon (original title: Fratello Sole, sorella Luna ) is a British-Italian fictional film by Franco Zeffirelli from 1972. It tells of the youth of Francis of Assisi in a way that primarily reflects the attitude towards life and longings of hippies and popular artists of the 1960s . The film was shot on location in Italy .
The fact that Zeffirelli wanted the Beatles to appear as young Franciscans shows how deeply rooted the film is in the time it was made. The idea failed because the Beatles' dates could not be agreed with the production.
Inspired by the Canticle of the Sun by Francis of Assisi, the film uses simple nature shots and uncomplicated editing techniques. The effect of the film is largely based on these views, which are touching because of their beauty, as well as the melancholy music.
Before Graham Faulkner made his acting debut as Franz von Assisi, the Brazilian singer Caetano Veloso and the now world-famous film star Al Pacino were in discussion for the role.
For the 46th Academy Awards for the film 1973 (the film had come only in Italy in theaters in 1972), the film was in the category Art Direction (Production Designer) nominated, but he lost the movie The Sting (Engl. The Sting ) of George Roy Hill .
In 2004 Donovan played the songs from the long out of print soundtrack in the studio again. This recording was only released on the iTunes Store .
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Francesco returns home with a fever from the war against Perugia, in which he went proud and hopeful. Lovingly cared for by his mother, he experiences his life up to now in feverish fantasies and torments himself with feelings of guilt because of his haughty and reckless behavior in certain situations.
After he has overcome his illness, he is changed and spends his days reflecting in nature, where he meets Chiara , who, unlike everyone else, prefers his present behavior to her previous behavior. During a foray through the fields, Francesco discovers an old church ruin in which a painted crucifix hangs, the quiet expression of which touches him deeply.
His father, a cloth merchant, demands that he work in the business again and shows him the treasures that the war brought him. Francesco observed the working conditions in the dye works with horror and led the workers out into the sun. His father is furious, he fears that Francesco is insane and forces him to attend the Sunday mass. Francesco cannot stand the grave, oppressive atmosphere in the church, where the poor are marginalized while the rich flaunt their jewelry. He leaves the church.
He has realized that being wealthy does not make you happy and throws his father's expensive balls of cloth out the window. Demanding justice, his father takes him to the bishop, before whom Francesco confesses to poverty in the spirit of Jesus Christ, takes off his clothes and renounces his parents.
When Francesco's friend Bernardo di Quintavalle returns from a crusade, he is told that Francesco is now living as a beggar and is rebuilding the old church of San Damiano with his own hands. After a visit to the church and a conversation with Francesco, he joins him. Silvestro and Giocondo are sent to San Damiano by Paolo, a former friend of Francesco, who has since made a career in the city administration, to bring Bernardo back, but these two also join the community.
The church of Francesco is finished and will be inaugurated with a festival of joy at which all the poor and sick gather. The friars of the community spend their time caring for the sick and come to town from time to time to beg for food. Chiara also joins the community. The city administration, under the leadership of Paolo, tries to put an end to the hustle and bustle in San Damiano. When the town's bailiffs want to close the church, Deodato, the somewhat simple-minded first disciple of Francesco, is killed.
Francesco then falls into deep doubts and wants to obtain the Pope's blessing for his way of life. Paolo tries to stop him at first; But when the friends go to Rome anyway and don't know how to get an audience there, he helps Francesco on the condition that he must read a document drawn up by Paolo in which he submits to the Church. Francesco agrees to do so, but when he comes to the magnificent St. Peter's Church with the jeweled cardinals, disgust breaks out of all the waste. The friends are led away by the guards and at this threatening moment Paolo also confesses to the community.
But Pope Innocent III. has recognized that there are more Christian ideas in the way of life of this beggar than in those of the Church, in whose service he himself distanced himself from his former ideals. He has Francesco brought back and blesses him and his followers. One of the cardinals remarks dryly that His Holiness already knows what he is doing; this beggar would drive the poor back into the bosom of the church.
criticism
“The romantic and undistant film describes Franz von Assisi's path to becoming a founder of the order with a transfigured look. (Rating: 2 out of four possible stars = average) "
"Although the enormous external effort is in a certain contradiction to the simplicity of the Franciscan spirit, the film nevertheless succeeds in bringing some exemplary characteristics of the sacred closer to today's viewers."
Web links
- Brother Sun, Sister Moon in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Official database of the Academie of Motion Picture Arts And Sciences ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ Lexicon "Films on TV" (extended new edition). Rasch and Röhring, Hamburg 1990, ISBN 3-89136-392-3 , p. 112.
- ↑ Brother Sun, Sister Moon. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .
