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One of the few truly inspiring movies, and I'm not even a Christian.
This movie really brings back the sixties--in the best sense. Back then we were on course toward a more caring, less conformist and corporate society. What happened? The movie plays just a little loose with the facts. In reality there was no tension between Francis and the Bishop of Asisi. Bishop Guido actually championed Francis. Oh, well, what's a movie wihout the obligatory murder? Anyhow, the casting is perfect, the camera work is beautiful, the songs are great. Inspiration awaits you.

Silly, but Judi Bowker is pretty
At best, this movie is silly. At worst, it's stultifyingly boring. If one is a follower of St Francis, one might see this movie through rose-colored---no, make that opaque glasses. They would have to be opaque to avoid seeing the vacuous look on Faulkner's face most of the time. There is better acting in most middle-school plays. I am sure that St Francis was much more interesting and had much more depth and complexity of character.

The movie makes St Francis look like a air-headed flower-child, with about as much seriousness as a religious figure as Donovan was as a musician. (Nearly all of Donovan's music was forgettable, not just the songs in this movie.) I expected to see Francis and Clare go skipping hand-in-hand through fields of flowers in soft focus. If this is a reasonable portrait of the man who founded the Franciscan Order, then the Order, itself, must be silly--and I know that it most definitely is not. Ergo, the movie is anything but reasonable.

The only mitigating aspects are the photography (Zeffirelli is usually good for some pretty landscape shots) and Judi Bowker (not her acting, just herself). Zeffirelli had a knack for finding beautiful but unconventional-looking, sweet-but-sensual young women like Olivia Hussey and Judi Bowker. Despite playing a nun, Bowker, as usual, exudes a wholesome sexiness.

All in all, it's a waste of money and time, unless one is a fan of Judi Bowker. (I can't imagine anyone being a fan of Graham Faulkner.)

Graham Faulkner MIA
Graham Faulkner, the wonderful lead actor, has been missing since the 1980's, if anyone knows where he is, please post it here.

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