Directed by Miguel Gomes | 21 mins | 2006
This playful but sincere tribute to St. Francis takes the form of a cinematic triptych. From the present day, in which a guitar-wielding bard ambles through the historic center of Assisi, Gomes jumps back 800 years, reviving the saint himself in a lusciously kitsch dramatization. The final section, in which children pipe a song of devotion over footage of the wild animals that Francis so loved, evokes a realm outside of time.