Clare and Francis

Clare and Francis is a 2007 Italian television film directed by Fabrizio Costa. The film deals with the friendship and the spiritual journey of Francis of Assisi and Clare of Assisi.

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Cast

Ettore Bassi as Francis of Assisi
Maria Palma Petruolo as Clare of Assisi
Gabriele Cirilli as Illuminatus
Lando Buzzanca as Pietro di Bernardone
Ángela Molina as Pica
Antonella Fattori as Ortolana
Luca Biagini as Cardinal Pelagio
Fabrizio Bucci as Bernard
Ignazio Oliva as Elias
Diego Casale as Giles
Ivano Marescotti as Monaldo
Ivan Franek as Federico
Vincent Riotta as Favarone
Roberto Nobile as Bishop Guido
Luigi Diberti as Pope Innocent VIII

Production

The film was shot between Tunis, Rome, Gubbio and Bevagna.

Reception

Corriere della Sera television critic Aldo Grasso criticised the film for its lack of spiritual elements. When asked for their opinion, the conventual friars of the Sacro Convento in Assisi had mixed views, praising its historical rigour, lack of rhetorics and acting performances, but finding some inadequacy in representing the theological and human depth of Francis.