Clare And Francis Movie

[MithLuin]

Agreed. The movie could definitely be interpreted to say that Francis was rebelling against the church as the first Protestant, and that he and Clare were romantically interested in each other. Totally off base. But the whole love of life and freedom in poverty thing comes across very well. So, it's not [i]horrible[/i], just not my favorite.

I am interested to see [i]Clare and Francis[/i], though.

Edited January 3, 2009 by MithLuin

[tinytherese]

Just so everyone knows, Clare and Francis is a looong movie. 3 hours and 20 minutes. Still worth it though.

[Lounge Daddy]

[quote name='tinytherese' post='1741998' date='Jan 3 2009, 02:08 PM']I really didn't like Brother Son, Sister Moon. Way too hippy and some parts were just weird.[/quote]

Oh I feel exactly the same way. Bleh.

And this recent one was very very well done. And I love how so much from The Little Flowers was adapted into the story

My favorite part is possibly right after the first meeting at the Vatican, when the caridinal tells them to "go back to the pigsty" where they came from.

My second favorite was possibly the Christmas scene with Saint Clare.

[Saint Therese]

Except tht Francis was like 40 years older than Clare.

[MithLuin]

St. Francis was born in 1182. St. Clare was born in 1194. So, she was 12-13 years younger than him, not 40. I'm not sure of practices in Italy at the time, but I would imagine it wouldn't have been seen as too unusual to have a disparity in age between spouses. It certainly isn't unusual for a young girl to get a crush on an older man.

Regardless, their [i]actual[/i] relationship was spiritual, not romantic. Clearly, Clare loved Francis' way of life and wanted to live it herself, but she stayed enclosed in a monastery and so didn't see much of him. It would have been silly for her to run away from home for him under those conditions . Obviously, her primary love was given to Jesus, and her sisters.