改编自英国作家艾克利的小说，讲述自己晚年与新收牧羊犬苦乐交缠的生活。狗狗时而神经质，时而狗性流露，人狗之间，有点像情人，又有点像父女，细致温馨。Roger Ebert再次为这部电影亮出了满分。

　　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.