Plot
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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Cast
Lou Castel
Francesco d'Assisi
Giancarlo Sbragia
Pietro Bernardone
Maria Grazia Marescalchi
Pica Bernardone
Mino Bellei
Fra' Bernardo
Marcello Formica
Capitano di ventura
Roberto Di Massimo
Guido
Giampiero Fondini
Pietro Cattani
Gerig Domain
Vescovo di Assisi
John Karlsen
Gianni Turillazzi
Rufino
Marco Bellocchio
Pietro di Stacia
Kenneth Belton
Papa Innocenzo III
Riccardo Bernardini
Fra' Silvestro
Giuseppe Campodifiori
Fra' Giovanni
Riccardo Cucciolla
Fra' Leone
Ludmila Lvova
Chiara
