- In a series of simple and joyous vignettes, director Roberto Rossellini and co-writer Federico Fellini lovingly convey the universal teachings of the People's Saint humility, compassion, faith, and sacrifice. Gorgeously photographed to evoke the medieval paintings of Saint Francis's time, and cast with monks from the Nocera Inferiore Monastery, The Flowers of St. Francis is a timeless and moving portrait of the search for spiritual enlightenment.
- The film tells the story of three people for a year: a son (Magimel) diagnosed with cancer, a mother (Deneuve) suffering from helplessness and a doctor (Cécile de France) to do her job: One year and four seasons for these three characters to deal with the disease, to tame it, and to understand what it means to die while alive.
- 里奇（肖恩•克里斯汀森Shawn Christensen 饰）是一个早就对生命失去了全部热情的抑郁男子，终于，他再也无法忍受精神上的重负，决定自杀。然而，就在他割了腕，徘徊在死亡线上的这个节骨眼，很久都没有联系的姐姐玛姬（埃米•罗森Emmy Rossum 饰）突然打来了电话，请求里奇去照顾她的小女儿索菲亚（法蒂玛•普泰西克 Fatima Ptacek 饰），一番天人交战之后，里奇决定先将自杀的事情放一放。 就这样，里奇见到了索菲亚，这个早熟的小姑娘给予了他很深的影响，随着时间的推移，索菲亚和里奇之间建立了信任，可惜的是，索菲亚的依赖并不能够让里奇放弃自杀，他的下一个自杀计划已经提上了日程。
