Francis (film)
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | Francis |
| Original title | Francesco |
| Country of production | Italy , Germany |
| original language | Italian |
| Publishing year | 1989 |
| length | 150 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 12 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Liliana Cavani |
| script | Liliana Cavani Roberta Mazzoni |
| production |
Giulio Scani Jost Quarry |
| music | Vangelis |
| camera |
Ennio Guarnieri Giuseppe Lanci |
| cut | Gabriella Cristiani |
| occupation | |
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Franziskus is an Italian-German co-production made in 1988. The biography of St. Francis of Assisi was directed by Liliana Cavani in the Italian Abruzzo with Mickey Rourke as Francis and Helena Bonham Carter as the holy Clare of Assisi rotated. The film premiered at the Cannes International Film Festival in 1989 .
action
Assisi, shortly after the death of St. Francis. His followers, who now call themselves Franciscans , decide to write down his life story and remember.
Francis, the son of Pietro and Pica di Bernardone, grew up as the son of wealthy cloth merchants in Assisi. He has lots of friends, money and wives. One day he goes to war against the neighboring city of Perugia as a soldier and becomes a prisoner of war. He comes into possession of a Bible from a fellow prisoner that has been translated from Latin into Italian. Francis, who has not made much of his faith to date, begins to study the book carefully. Months later, he was released for a ransom and returned to Assisi. But he's changed. The poor, the sick and the disabled, whom he chased out of his father's business with wild rascals until recently, now attract his attention. He gives them his father's money and one day even goes to a poor district of Assisi, where he encounters illness and death. In the church of San Damiano , a dilapidated church, he recognizes the true meaning of Christianity in front of a wooden crucifix.
Francis, being dragged in front of Bishop Guido of Assisi by his father, strips off his robe in front of everyone and leaves the church naked. He begins a life for the poor and with the poor. Hostile by his family and fellow citizens of Assisi, he lives in the poor district, begs and tries to keep the gospel. His friends, who initially rejected him, help him with this. Together with Bernardo and Pietro, Francis founds the Franciscan Community, which also includes women such as the noble Clare. She, too, takes the vow of poverty.
But Francis wants more. He travels to Rome and asks Pope Innocent III. for blessings on his mission. The Holy Father gives him the blessing. Now his movement is gaining popularity from all parts of Europe. But there are tensions within the Franciscans. Some do not want to believe that they must necessarily live in poverty. They also doubt Francis' mission. He too begins to doubt and asks God for a sign. Shortly before his death, Francis received the stigmata , the wounds of Christ. For him this is the sign that his mission was willed by God.
criticism
The lexicon of international films writes: "Although Francis' spirituality cannot be explored in all its depth, the film is a thoroughly serious attempt to approach one of the great spiritual figures of the West."
In Spiegel magazine , the leading actor Rourke was certified as "consuming full-body work", but the apparently "non-existent script" and the poor directing performance of Liliana Cavani in this "tragic beggar opera" could not save.
Background information
With a budget of 22 million Deutschmarks at the time, Francis was filmed in Italy between February and June 1988 ; mainly in the provinces of L'Aquila and Umbria . Some interior shots were taken in the Cinecittà film studios in Rome .
The uncut film (150 minutes) was released in Italian cinemas on March 22, 1989. The film was shortened by 20 minutes for the German audience; it started in Germany on November 16, 1989. The German DVD version contains the shortened scenes unsynchronized (German subtitles). The film drew in Germany about 127,000 viewers in the cinemas, which meant rank 87 in the German cinema charts 1989th
Awards
In 1995 Francis was included in the Vatican 's film list, which comprises a total of 45 films, which the Holy See believes are particularly recommendable.
Web links
- Francis in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Francis. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .
- ↑ Snow rammers. Der Spiegel , November 13, 1989, accessed April 7, 2020 .
- ^ The most successful films in Germany 1989. InsideKino.com, accessed on April 7, 2020 .