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Saint Francis — From Wealth to Freedom

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Young Francis dreams of glory as a knight, but war, illness and an encounter with an outcast change his life. A story of the courage to leave the security of wealth and find freedom in faith, simplicity and service to others.

A secure future awaits Francis in his father’s shop, but he is drawn to glory and the wider world. After imprisonment and illness, what he once wanted is no longer enough. An encounter with a man affected by leprosy becomes a turning point: instead of passing by, Francis approaches him. From prayer in the small church of San Damiano to a painful conflict with his father and the renunciation of his inheritance, his new path gradually takes shape. A simple life, work and care for people others overlook draw his first companions. Together, they want to live the Gospel. Francis’ story invites us to consider what holds us back and whose neighbour we can be today. The scenes are an artistic reconstruction and the dialogues are dramatised. The call at San Damiano is depicted according to tradition.

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Francis’ Testament, Order of Friars Minor: https://www.ofm.org/en/testament.html ; biography and chronology, Order of Friars Minor: https://ofm.org/en/saint-francis.html ; Benedict XVI, catechesis of 27 January 2010: https://www.vatican.va/content/benedict-xvi/en/audiences/2010/documents/hf_ben-xvi_aud_20100127.html ; official Vatican City State biography: https://www.vaticanstate.va/en/component/content/article/4-october-saint-francis-of-assisi-patron-saint-of-italy.html?Itemid=216&catid=51 . Dialogues are a scripted reconstruction, not verbatim historical words. Full sources and limits of the reconstruction are retained with the project.

An original INRI artistic reconstruction based on historical and Church sources. Dialogues are dramatised. Original Croatian visual identities, non-speaking scenes and score are preserved; speaking scenes are animated for the English dialogue. A brief father reaction insert accompanies uninterrupted speech. English voices through ElevenLabs eleven_v4, captions and a six-second endcard are included. Sources, original assets, PCM, music, subtitles and owner acceptance of the complete English version are retained in the production archive.

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