If you loved Stromboli, try The Flowers of St. Francis

A bridge between a film you've already seen and one most people haven't. Here's what they share, and what the second one does that the first one doesn't.

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Stromboli

1950 · dir. Roberto Rossellini

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Both films are directed by Roberto Rossellini, and they both carry the slow burn mood tag, and they sit in Drama territory. If that's the register that drew you to Stromboli, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.

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What The Flowers of St. Francis is

A pious 13th-century commune becomes a sandbox for divine mischief when Francis and his followers swap scripture for sunbeams. A dozen vignettes follow a troupe of real monks who accidentally invent modern saint-ology. Rossellini’s camera does what The Office does for workplace culture, but with more miracles.

If you loved Stromboli, try The Flowers of St. Francis

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The Flowers of St. Francis

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What The Flowers of St. Francis is

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