Historical biographical religious drama film based on the memoirs of Ignatius of Loyola, founder of the Jesuit order who was also canonized as a saint in Roman Catholicism.

The Island

2006

Russian

7.8

♡ 13

39%

russian orthodox church

saint

saints

Pavel Lungin Director

Sergey Burunov as Adjutant

Ildar Kuyanchiyev as Monk

Viktoriya Isakova as Nastya

Yuriy Kuznetsov as Tikhon

Somewhere in Northern Russia in a small Russian Orthodox monastery lives an unusual man whose bizarre conduct confuses his fellow monks, while others who visit the island believe that the man has the power to heal, exorcise demons and foretell the future.

Francesco

1989

English

6.2

♡ 9

44%

Liliana Cavani Director

Mario Adorf as Cardinal Ugolino

Helena Bonham Carter as Chiara

Mickey Rourke as Francesco

Mathieu Carrière as In the Lateran Palace

The life of St. Francis of Assisi (1181-1226) as related by followers who gather after his death to tell stories so that Leone can record them: a privileged and virile youth, a prisoner of war, an heir who turns away from his father and gives all to the poor, a beggar for others, and an inspiration to friends who accept the Gospels' life of poverty.

There Be Dragons

2011

English

5.7

♡ 25

13%

spanish civil war (1936-39)

War

Roland Joffé Director

Olga Kurylenko as Ildiko

Golshifteh Farahani as Leila

Charles Dance as Monsignor Solano

Dougray Scott as Roberto Torres

Arising out of the horror of the Spanish Civil War, a candidate for canonization is investigated by a journalist who discovers his own estranged father had a deep, dark and devastating connection to the saint's life.While researching the life of Josemaria Escriva, the controversial founder of Opus Dei, the young journalist Robert uncovers hidden stories of his estranged father Manolo, and is taken on a journey through the dark, terrible secrets of his family’s past.

Brother Sun, Sister Moon

1972

Italian

7.2

♡ 7

42%

Franco Zeffirelli Director

Peter Firth as

Leigh Lawson as Bernardo

Kenneth Cranham as Paolo

Carlo Pisacane as San Damiano Priest

In his delirium from his return from war, Francesco Bernardone goes back in his memories to the days when he lived for parties and carnal pleasures. He slowly recovers, but after the illness he is no longer the Francesco that everybody knew. Instead of spending hours in taverns, he meditates on the beauty of God's creatures, soon renouncing his riches and his family with plans to rebuild an abandoned church and his life.

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Ignatius of Loyola

The Island

Francesco

There Be Dragons

Brother Sun, Sister Moon