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Canticle of All Creatures
Canticle of All Creatures
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CANTICLE OF ALL CREATURES

Cántico das criaturas

Directed by Miguel Gomes
Portugal, 2006
Short, History

Synopsis

A troubadour walks the streets of Assisi in 2005, singing and playing. In the woods of Umbria, in 1212, St. Francis faints. St. Claire revives him, but he remembers nothing, and as night falls the animals of the forest sing and praise Francis. It is a love song, but a song of desire and jealousy…

Synopsis

A troubadour walks the streets of Assisi in 2005, singing and playing. In the woods of Umbria, in 1212, St. Francis faints. St. Claire revives him, but he remembers nothing, and as night falls the animals of the forest sing and praise Francis. It is a love song, but a song of desire and jealousy…

Our take

See how one of the most buzzed-about directors, Miguel Gomes, got started with this imaginative short film, a historical-fantasy “music video.” Its unique, alluring hybrid form connects it to the Portuguese director’s two beautiful features, Our Beloved Month of August, and his new 2012 film, Tabu.