Brother Sun Sister Moon [VHS]

by Graham Faulkner (Actor)

Other authorsAlec Guinness (Actor), John Sharp (Actor), Peter Firth (Actor), Kenneth Cranham (Actor), Franco Zeffirelli (Director), Michael Feast (Actor), Carlo Pisacane (Actor), Valentina Cortese (Actor), Adolfo Celi (Actor), Lee Montague (Actor), Judi Bowker (Actor) — 4 more, Leigh Lawson (Actor), Francesco Guerrieri (Actor), Nicholas Willatt (Actor), Carlo Hinterman (Actor)

VHS, 1973

Status

Available

Call number

791.43

Collection

Multimedia (CD, DVD, VHS)

Publication

Paramount (1973), Edition: VHS video

Description

A compelling, insightful look at the early years of Francis of Assisi, who abandoned a life of wealth and comfort to seek a spiritual union with the world.

User reviews

LibraryThing member CrosswicksQuakers

Focuses on the earlly years of Francis of Assisi, who sought communion with the natural world by renouncing his family's riches to seek his own destiny unencumbered by material possessions. Francis was, in a sense, history's first 'drop-out'; he left a life of comfort to seek a spiritual union with

the world. Academy Award-nominated.

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LibraryThing member ponsonby

A film about St Francis, very much of its time (late 60s) with Donovan soundtrack and a distinct hint of hippydom. The lead performance by Graham Faulkner is convincing and there is good support although individual actors have relatively little scope for development. Alec Guinness hams it up a bit

as the Pope. Some will find it all too syrupy, and although it is visually ravishing it does not match up to Zeffirelli's slightly earlier 'Romeo and Juliet', or his later 'Jesus of Nazareth'.

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