The life of St. Francis of Assisi (1181-1226) as related by followers who gather after his death to tell stories so that Leone can record them: a privileged and virile youth, a prisoner of war, an heir who turns away from his father and gives all to the poor, a beggar for others, and an inspiration to friends who accept the Gospels' life of poverty.
as Francesco
as Chiara
as Francesco's Mother
as Cardinal Colonna
as Bishop Guido
as Pope Innocent III
as Cardinal Ugolino
as Francesco's Father
as Leone
as Pietro Cattani
as Angelo
as Egidio
as Pacifico
as Rufino
as Bernardo di Quintavalle
as Masseo
as Angelo Tancredi
as Elia Bombarone
