Overview

A small boy of rural Italy, befriends a Catholic priest and pleads for help to save his sick donkey. Hearing the stories of St Frances on how he loved cared, even cured animals, comes up with notion "If he could just bring his donkey to the Vatican in Rome, and ask the Pope if he could just place him in the entombed Saint's Chapel, his spiritual presence would cure him. Some how he convinces the compassionate Father to take on this pilgrimage, against all odds.

Top Cast

Vittorio De Sica

Father Damico

M

Marco Della Cava

Pepino

Raf Vallone

Father Superior

Umberto Raho

Massimo Sarchielli

Pietro Tordi

G

Guidarino Guidi

Salesman