Francis of Assisi

The story of a lusty, fighting young adventurer who exchanged his sword for a cross

A reverent biographical drama about spiritual transformation and devotion, following a young man's conversion from worldly ambition to monastic faith.

In 13th century Italy, Francis Bernardone, the son of an Assisi merchant, renounces a promising army career in favor of a monastic life and starts his own religious order, sanctioned by the Pope.