History Film / TheFlowersOfSaintFrancis

* FullyClothedNudity: Ginepro, on two occasions, gave away his habit to a beggar, returning to his fellow Franciscans wearing only his underwear. They still say that he is naked.
* GoodShepherd: Francis, the other Franciscans, and the priest accompanying Niccolaio in his siege are good men in general. The Franciscans do charity work while preaching the gospel, while the priest accompanying Niccolai recognizes Ginepro and vouches for his innocence.

* PerpetualPoverty: Poverty is a central element of Franciscan life. Notably, Francis and Leone encounter a man who gave them some gold coins, but they leave the coins behind.

* EvilCannotComprehendGood: Ginepro merely came to Nicolaio's camp to preach, but Nicolaio believes that Ginepro is an assassin because he was told that an assassin, dressed as a beggar, would kill him with an awl and flint, which happened to be the very tools Ginepro possesses. He then takes him into his tent and attempts to intimidate him into seeing if Ginepro was sent to kill him. He gets increasingly flustered by Ginepro's humility, and it convinces Nicolaio to spare him.

* PerpetualPoverty: [[JustifiedTrope Justified]] in the case of the Franciscans, as this is part of their spirituality and rule. Notably, Francis and Leone encounter a man who gave them some gold coins, but they leave the coins behind.

* CompressedAdaptation: ''The Little Flowers of St. Francis'' has fifty-three chapters and ''The Life of Brother Juniper'' fourteen. The film, however, shows only nine chapters, some of which combine other story elements from the original texts.

* EvilCannotComprehendGood: Ginepro merely came to Nicolaio's camp to preach, but Nicolaio believes that Ginepro is an assassin because he was told that an assassin, dressed as a beggar, would kill him with an awl and flint, which happened to be the very tools Ginepro possesses. He then takes him into his tent and attempts to intimidate him into seeing if Ginepro was sent to kill him. He gets increasingly flustered by Ginepro's humility and ultimately calls off his siege.
* ExactWords: Ginepro returns having given away his religious habit to a beggar in an act of naive generosity, and Francis tells him not to do so again. The second time he does so, Ginepro explains that he told a beggar that was not allowed to ''give'' away his habit, but would not resist if the beggar ''took'' the habit off Ginepro's back.

* ExactWords: Ginepro returns having given away his religious habit to a beggar in an act of naive generosity, and St. Francis tells him not to do so again. The second time he does so, Ginepro explains that he told a beggar that was not allowed to ''give'' away his habit, but would not resist if the beggar ''took'' the habit off Ginepro's back.

* JerkassHasAPoint: The pig farmer angrily confronts the Franciscans and demands recompense because Ginepro thoughtlessly cut off a foot from one of them.
* KindheartedSimpleton: Ginepro is undoubtedly a generous Franciscan, but he is also simple. On two occasions, he gave away his habit to a beggar when St. Francis exhorted him otherwise. He also came across a herd of pigs and thoughtlessly cut off a foot from one of them, making a pig farmer understandably angry.

* AdaptationDistillation: ''The Little Flowers of St. Francis'' has fifty-three chapters and ''The Life of Brother Juniper'' fourteen. The film, however, shows only nine chapters, some of which combine other story elements from the original texts.

* EvilCannotComprehendGood: Ginepro merely came to Nicolaio's camp to preach, but Nicolaio believes that Ginepro is an assassin because he was told that an assassin, dressed as a beggar, would kill him with an awl and flint, which happen to be the very tools Ginepro possesses. He then takes him into his tent and attempts to intimidate him into seeing if Ginepro was sent to kill him. He gets increasingly flustered by Ginepro's humility and ultimately calls off his siege.

* TheDungAges: The setting of this movie, particularly the first few minutes of the movie in which Francis and his followers march through the pouring rain to their hut.
* EvilCannotComprehendGood: Ginepro merely came to Nicolaio's camp to preach, but Nicolaio believes that Ginepro is an assassin because he was told that an assassin, dressed as a beggar, would kill him with an awl and flint, which happen to be the very tools Ginepro possesses. He then takes him into his tent and attempts to intimidate him to see if Ginepro was sent to kill him. He gets increasingly flustered by Ginepro's humility and ultimately calls off his siege.
* ExactWords: Ginepro gave away his religious habit to a beggar in an act of naive generosity, and St. Francis tells him not to do so again. The second time, Ginepro encountered a beggar and told him that he was not allowed to ''give'' away his habit, but would not resist if the beggar ''took'' the habit off Ginepro's back.

* EvilCannotComprehendGood: Nicolaio believes that Ginepro is an assassin because he was told that an assassin, dressed as a beggar, would kill him with an awl and flint, which happen to be the very tools Ginepro possesses. He then takes him into his tent and attempts to intimidate him to see if Ginepro was sent to kill him. He gets increasingly flustered by Ginepro's humility and ultimately calls off his siege.

* KindheartedSimpleton: Ginepro is undoubtedly a generous Franciscan, but he is also simple. On two occasions, he gave away his habit to a beggar when St. Francis exhorted him otherwise. He also thoughtlessly came across a herd of pigs and cut off a foot from one of them, making a pig farmer understandably angry.

* AnachronismStew: Nicolaio's armour. St. Francis of Assisi and the first Franciscans were around in the very early 1200's, and at that time soldiers typically wore chainmail. Nicolaio, however, wears full plate armour, which came about in the 1400's.

* PerpetualPoverty: [[JustifiedTrope Justified]] in the case of the Franciscans, as this is part of their spirituality and rule. Notably, Francis and Leone encountered a man who gave them some gold coins, but they leave the coins behind.

* AdaptationDistillation: ''The Little Flowers of St. Francis'' has fifty-three chapters and ''The Life of Brother Juniper'' fourteen. The film, however, shows only nine chapters, some of which combine other story elements from the original text.
* AnachronismStew: Nicolaio's armour. Francis of Assisi and the first Franciscans were around in the very early 1200's, and at that time soldiers typically wore chainmail. Nicolaio, however, wears full plate armour, which came about in the 1400's.

* EvilCannotComprehendGood: Nicolaio believes that Ginepro is an assassin, because he was told that an assassin, dressed as a beggar, would kill him with an awl and flint, which happen to be the very tools Ginepro possesses. He then takes him into his tent and attempts to intimidate him to see if Ginepro was sent to kill him. He gets increasingly flustered by Ginepro's humility and ultimately calls off his siege.

''The Flowers of St. Francis'' (in Italian, ''Francesco, Giullare di Dio'', or "Francis, the Jester of God") is a 1950 film directed by Creator/RobertoRossellini and co-written by Creator/FedericoFellini. The film is based on ''Fioretti di San Francesco'' (or Little Flowers of St. Francis) and ''La Vita di Frate Ginepro'' (or The Life of Brother Juniper). Both of these works chronicle the life of St. Francis and the early Franciscans.

* ContrivedCoincidence