Weekly Watches: August 20, 2025
Sharing Our Team's Recent Discoveries: Weekly Watches with 100 Movies Every Catholic Should See
Francesco (1989)
A made-for-TV film directed by Liliana Cavani (who also made the controversial Nazisploitation film The Night Porter), starring the wrestler Mickey Rourke as St Francis of Assisi and Helen Bonham Carter as St. Clare of Assisi. All of these are what make Francesco one of the more perplexing films on the Vatican’s List from 1995. Between all this, the highly mixed reviews, and St Francis being my confirmation saint, I jumped at the chance to see it once learning it was on Amazon Prime. Upon finishing it, I am not entirely sure what to think of it.
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