Brother Sun, Sister Moon

Brother Sun, Sister Moon (1973)

  • 63% of critics liked it
    (8 reviews)

  • 76% of users liked it
    (2,977 ratings)

St. Francis of Assisi was an extraordinarily complex and difficult figure whose effect on his contemporary society was electrifying. Even today, many people are moved by his visionary message of universal toleration. Twelfth-century Italy had an exceptionally grim and regimented society, but the… More

PG, 2 hr. 1 min.
Directed By
Franco Zeffirelli
Written By
Kenneth Ross, Lina Wertmüller, Franco Zeffirelli, Suso Cecchi d'Amico
Genres
Drama, Classics
In Theaters
Dec 2, 1972 Wide
On DVD
Mar 9, 2004
Paramount Pictures

Critic Reviews

  • Steve Crum, Video-Reviewmaster.com

    Way overwrought Zeffirelli work, pretty much lost since its debut in 1973.

  • Ron Reed, Christianity Today

    The most serious problem with this film is its softness, that sentimentality Zeffirelli is often accused of.

  • Mark R. Leeper, rec.arts.movies.reviews

    It is one of the most beautiful films I have ever seen. Just about any frame of the film, blown up, could make a beautiful poster for the film.

  • John A. Nesbit, Old School Reviews

    beautiful and nicely framed photography from northern Italy...not enough to overcome an inane script, inept acting, and Donovan's syrupy music

  • Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat, Spirituality and Practice

    Presents an inspiring and edifying portrait of St. Francis's spiritual practice of devotion and his humble life of service.

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Featured Audience Ratings

  • moon r


    Well meaning (hey, it's about a saint!) but ultimately deeply flawed telling of St.Francis done up as a 60's counterculture agent provacateur. Only missing, hey wait, it's here too, a Donovon soundtrack. Peace. love. flowers and God, man. And uber long, too. A great… More

  • Tom E


    This is the MOST aesthetically beautiful movie I've EVER seen from the scenery shots to the actors -- Zeffierelli's FINEST -- Even better than Romeo and Juliet which came out immediately before this -- Alec Guiness turns in a WONDERFUL Pope and the other acting is stupendous… More

  • hawk l


    Stunning visual metaphors, more a poem than a biography, succeeding brilliantly in juxtaposing symbols of worldly riches with those of spiritual riches. Graham Faulkner is convincing with Alec Guinness superb.

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