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{{Short description|1966 Italian film}}
{{Short description|1966 Italian film}}
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{{About|the Italian film|the historical person depicted in this film|Francis of Assisi}}
{{Infobox film
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| name = Francesco di Assisi
| image =
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| starring = [[Lou Castel]]
| starring = [[Lou Castel]]
| cinematography = [[Giuseppe Ruzzolini]]
| cinematography = [[Giuseppe Ruzzolini]]
| editing = Luciano Gigante
| editor = Luciano Gigante
| music = Peppino De Luca
| music = Peppino De Luca
| studio = {{ubl|Clodio Cineamatografica|[[RAI]]}}
| company = {{ubl|Clodio Cineamatografica|[[RAI]]}}
| distributor = RAI
| network = [[RAI]]
| released = {{Film date|df=y|1966|05|06|Italy|ref1=<ref name="Marrone">{{cite book|last=Marrone |first=Gaetana |title=The Gaze and the Labyrinth: The Cinema of Liliana Cavani |publisher=Princeton University Press |location=Princeton, NJ |year=2000 |pages=17 ff.}}</ref><ref name="RAITeche">{{cite web|url=https://www.teche.rai.it/2023/01/francesco-di-assisi-di-liliana-cavani/ |title=Francesco di Assisi |website=[[Rai Teche|RAI Teche]] |language=it |access-date=1 March 2024}}</ref>}}
| released = {{Start date|df=y|1966|05|06}}<ref name="Marrone">{{cite book|last=Marrone |first=Gaetana |title=The Gaze and the Labyrinth: The Cinema of Liliana Cavani |publisher=Princeton University Press |location=Princeton, NJ |year=2000 |pages=17 ff}}</ref><ref name="RAITeche">{{cite web|url=https://www.teche.rai.it/2023/01/francesco-di-assisi-di-liliana-cavani/ |title=Francesco di Assisi |website=[[Rai Teche|RAI Teche]] |language=it |access-date=1 March 2024}}</ref>}}
| runtime = {{ubl|134 minutes (film)|128 minutes (DVD)}}
| runtime = {{ubl|134 minutes (film)|128 minutes (DVD)}}
| country = Italy
| country = Italy
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{{Castlist|
{{Castlist|
* [[Lou Castel]] as Francesco
* [[Lou Castel]] as Francesco
* Riccardo Cucciolla as Leone
* [[Riccardo Cucciolla]] as Leone
* [[Giancarlo Sbragia]] as Francesco's father
* [[Giancarlo Sbragia]] as Francesco's father
* [[Marco Bellocchio]] as Pietro
* [[Marco Bellocchio]] as Pietro di Stacia
* Ludmilla Lvova as Chiara
* Ludmilla Lvova as Chiara
* Maria Grazia Marescalchi as Pica
* Maria Grazia Marescalchi as Pica
* Marco Bellocchio as Pietro di Stacia
* Kenneth Belton as Innocent III
* Kenneth Belton as Innocent III
* John Karsen
* [[John Karlsen]]
* Riccardo Bernardini
* Riccardo Bernardini
* Giuseppe Campodifiori
* Giuseppe Campodifiori
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==Reception==
==Reception==
Although successful,<ref name="Marrone" /> Cavani's film, compared with the works of directors [[Roberto Rossellini]] and [[Pier Paolo Pasolini]],<ref name="Domenico">{{cite book|title=The Devil and the Dolce Vita. Catholic Attempts to Save Italy's Soul, 1948-1974 |last=Domenico |first=Roy |publisher=Catholic University of America Press |year=2021 |page=302 |isbn=9780813234335}}</ref> was also received controversially and divided viewers, critics and Catholic groups in particular.<ref name="Marrone" /> Labelled by a member of the [[Italian Social Movement|Movimento Sociale Italiano]] as "heretical, blasphemous and offensive for the faith of the Italian people", it was praised by [[Italo Moscati]] for breaking the boundaries of "television conformism".<ref name="Marrone" /> In a round table discussion, Pasolini, who had liked Rossellini's interpretation of Francis of Assisi (see ''[[The Flowers of St. Francis]]''), dismissed Cavani's film, criticising Castel's "bourgeois" portrayal of the titular character<ref name="Domenico" /> and Cavani's omission of the "oriental" aspect of his life and the performed miracles, and her turning him into a man of action.<ref>{{cite book|title=Italian Post-Neorealist Cinema |first=Luca |last=Barattoni |publisher=Edinburgh University Press |year=2013 |page=169 |isbn=9780748685929}}</ref>
Although successful,<ref name="Marrone" /> Cavani's film, compared with the works of directors [[Roberto Rossellini]] and [[Pier Paolo Pasolini]],<ref name="Domenico">{{cite book|title=The Devil and the Dolce Vita. Catholic Attempts to Save Italy's Soul, 1948-1974 |last=Domenico |first=Roy |publisher=Catholic University of America Press |year=2021 |page=302 |isbn=9780813234335}}</ref> was also received controversially and divided viewers, critics and Catholic groups in particular.<ref name="Marrone" /> Labelled by a member of the [[Italian Social Movement|Movimento Sociale Italiano]] as "heretical, blasphemous and offensive for the faith of the Italian people", it was praised by [[Italo Moscati]] for breaking the boundaries of "television conformism".<ref name="Marrone" /> In a round table discussion, Pasolini, who had liked Rossellini's interpretation of Francis of Assisi (see ''[[The Flowers of St. Francis]]''), criticised Castel's "bourgeois" portrayal of the titular character<ref name="Domenico" /> and Cavani's omission of the "oriental" aspect of his life and the performed miracles, and her turning him into a man of action.<ref>{{cite book|title=Italian Post-Neorealist Cinema |first=Luca |last=Barattoni |publisher=Edinburgh University Press |year=2013 |page=169 |isbn=9780748685929}}</ref>


==Legacy==
==Legacy==
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Latest revision as of 00:16, 20 December 2024

This article is about the Italian film. For the historical person depicted in this film, see Francis of Assisi.
Francesco di Assisi
Screenplay by
Directed byLiliana Cavani
StarringLou Castel
Music byPeppino De Luca
Production
ProducerLeo Pescarolo
CinematographyGiuseppe Ruzzolini
EditorLuciano Gigante
Production companies
  • Clodio Cineamatografica
  • RAI
Original release
NetworkRAI
Release6 May 1966 (1966-05-06)[1][2]

| runtime =

  • 134 minutes (film)
  • 128 minutes (DVD)

| country = Italy

| language =

  • Italian
  • Latin

}} Francesco di Assisi[a] (sometimes credited as Francesco d'Assisi), English title Francis of Assisi, is a 1966 Italian drama television film by Liliana Cavani.[1][2][5] It was Cavani's first non-fiction feature-length film, with a screenplay written by her and Tullio Pinelli. It follows the life of Saint Francis of Assisi from 1205 until his death in 1226.

Cast

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  • Lou Castel as Francesco
  • Riccardo Cucciolla as Leone
  • Giancarlo Sbragia as Francesco's father
  • Marco Bellocchio as Pietro di Stacia
  • Ludmilla Lvova as Chiara
  • Maria Grazia Marescalchi as Pica
  • Kenneth Belton as Innocent III
  • John Karlsen
  • Riccardo Bernardini
  • Giuseppe Campodifiori
  • Teodoro Cicogna
  • Franco Marchesi
  • Oscar Mercurelli
  • Roberto Di Massimo
  • Maurizio Tocchi
  • John Thorner
  • Marcello Formica
  • Gérard Herter
  • Giampiero Frondini
  • Gianni Turillazzi
  • Gerig Domain
  • Mino Bellei

Production and release

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Cavani, who, in her own words, had not had a Catholic upbringing, was drawn to the character of Francis of Assisi because of Paul Sabatier's biography, regarding him a "protestor"[6] and his venture "existential and poetic" and "revolutionary".[1] Francesco di Assisi was her first feature film after directing a series of documentary films for television station RAI, and also the first film produced by RAI and Leo Pescarolo.[5] As she wanted an unknown actor for the role of Francis, she gave the part to Lou Castel (whose breakthrough film Fists in the Pocket had not been released yet), and also cast the majority of his friars with non-professional actors from the region of Umbria.[6]

Francesco di Assisi was shot on 16 mm film and aired in two parts on RAI on 6 and 8 May 1966, reaching an audience of approx. 20 million viewers.[1][2][5] It was shown out of competition at the 27th Venice International Film Festival the same year[1] and eventually saw a limited cinema release in 1972.[2][5]

Reception

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Although successful,[1] Cavani's film, compared with the works of directors Roberto Rossellini and Pier Paolo Pasolini,[7] was also received controversially and divided viewers, critics and Catholic groups in particular.[1] Labelled by a member of the Movimento Sociale Italiano as "heretical, blasphemous and offensive for the faith of the Italian people", it was praised by Italo Moscati for breaking the boundaries of "television conformism".[1] In a round table discussion, Pasolini, who had liked Rossellini's interpretation of Francis of Assisi (see The Flowers of St. Francis), criticised Castel's "bourgeois" portrayal of the titular character[7] and Cavani's omission of the "oriental" aspect of his life and the performed miracles, and her turning him into a man of action.[8]

Legacy

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Francesco di Assisi was digitally restored in 2007.[5] It has since been screened, among other events, at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival in 2013,[9] at the Il Cinema Ritrovato Festival in 2020[10] and at the Istituto Italiano di Cultura, New York, in 2023.[11]

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ Film title according to the film's opening credits[3] and the restored RAI DVD release.[4]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g h Marrone, Gaetana (2000). The Gaze and the Labyrinth: The Cinema of Liliana Cavani. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press. pp. 17 ff.
  2. ^ a b c d "Francesco di Assisi". RAI Teche (in Italian). Retrieved 1 March 2024.
  3. ^ Cavani, Liliana (director) (1966). Francesco di Assisi [Francis of Assisi] (film) (in Italian).
  4. ^ "Francesco di Assisi". RAI Home Video (in Italian). Retrieved 1 March 2024.
  5. ^ a b c d e "Francesco d'Assisi". Cinematografo (in Italian). Retrieved 1 March 2024.
  6. ^ a b "Francesco d'Assisi". Torino Film Festival. Retrieved 2 March 2024.
  7. ^ a b Domenico, Roy (2021). The Devil and the Dolce Vita. Catholic Attempts to Save Italy's Soul, 1948-1974. Catholic University of America Press. p. 302. ISBN 9780813234335.
  8. ^ Barattoni, Luca (2013). Italian Post-Neorealist Cinema. Edinburgh University Press. p. 169. ISBN 9780748685929.
  9. ^ "Francis of Assisi / Francesco d'Assisi". Karlovy Vary International Film Festival. Retrieved 1 March 2024.
  10. ^ "Sotto le stelle del cinema: Weekend con Liliana Cavani e Carlo Lucarelli". Il Cinema Ritrovato (in Italian). Retrieved 1 March 2024.
  11. ^ "Liliana Cavani @ the Italian Cultural Institute in New York". Istituto Italiano di Cultura di New York. Retrieved 1 March 2024.
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