In a series of simple and joyous vignettes director Roberto Rossellini and co-writer Federico Fellini lovingly convey the universal teachings of the People's Saint: humility compassion faith and sacrifice. Gorgeously photographed to evoke the medieval paintings of Saint Francis's time and cast with monks from the Nocera Inferiore Monastery The Flowers of St. Francis is a timeless and moving portrait of the search for spiritual enlightenment.