| Field | Details |
|---|---|
| Movie Name | Brother Sun, Sister Moon (1972) |
| Director | Franco Zeffirelli |
| Writer | Franco Zeffirelli, Suso Cecchi D’Amico, Kenneth Ross |
| Lead Actor | Graham Faulkner |
| Cast | Graham Faulkner, Judi Bowker, Leigh Lawson, Kenneth Cranham, Valentina Cortese |
| Genre | Biography, Drama, History |
| Release Date | March 24, 1972 (Italy) |
| Duration | 2h 15m |
| Budget | $3 million |
| Language | English |
| IMDb Rating | 7.2/10 |
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BROTHER SUN, SISTER MOON lingers as a favorite among many who first saw it in theaters in 1973. It was, and still is, quite different from conventional saint movies. This vibrant, idealistic, luxuriantly photographed tribute to the young Saints Francis and Clare by masterful Italian stage and film director Franco Zeffirelli was aimed at the heads and hearts of the 1970s film generation.
Zeffirelli used the modern tools of film art to make accessible not only religious history (Jesus of Nazareth) but also Shakespeare (the dazzling 1968 Romeo and Juliet). In Brother Sun, he visually elevates the subject with sun-filled images of the Umbrian countryside that the saints loved and replaces the usual heavenly-choir music with poignant songs by Donovan, the then-popular Scottish balladeer.
The movie remains true to essential history but also makes Francis, Clare and their companions into beautiful, exhilarating, self-effacing movie heroes charismatic icons for a world that loves movies. One of Zeffirelli’s great moments is his staging of the arrival of the impoverished Francis and his ragtag band in the richly adorned Lateran palace to talk with the pope (Alec Guinness) about the need for reform and simplicity in the Church. The contrast between the world and the spirit has never been captured so well on the screen.
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