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- Pietro, it appears all
of Assisi has arrived

to watch you bring
charges against your son.

- It appears so, Your Holiness.

- Perhaps if I
gave you more time,

you might've had all of Perugia
and Rome to attend as well.

Francis.

- Guido, Your Holiness.

- Francis, your
father is infuriated

and extremely scandalized.

If you wish to serve God,

return the money
that you have to him,

because God does not
want you to spend

unjustly acquired
money on the church.

- Francis.

- My Lord, all that I have

and all that I've been given

and all that I've taken,

I'll gladly give
back to my father.

- How could you do
this to your father?

- The only father I have
is my father in heaven.

- Now what, Francis?

Where will you go?

What will you do?

You'll be alone.

- With all humble
respect, Your Holiness,

no I won't.

- I have to know
one thing, Francis.

Why are you doing this?

- If you want to find your life,

first you must lose it.

- Let me wither away,

until everything that
is me is no more,

and all that is left is you.

Let me die as many
deaths as it takes.

In my flesh you may live.

Alms for the love of God?

Alms for the love of God?

Alms for the love of God?

Bernard. Peter.

Alms for the love of God?

- Francis.

- Come inside, Clare.

Hello, old friends.

- Francis,
we wanna help.

- Francis.

- Come.

- "Go, sell what you own

and give to the poor, and you
will have treasure in heaven.

Come, follow me."

- "Take nothing
for your journey.

No staff, nor bag,
nor bread, nor money,

not even an extra tunic."

"If any want to
become my followers,

let them deny themselves,

take up their cross,

and follow me."

Cross.

My cross.

Your cross.

Our cross.

- Alms for the love of God?

Alms for the love of God?

- No.

- Alms for the love of God?

- Come inside, Clare.

- How do I live like you?

- I don't live, I die,

so Christ can live in me.

- Clare, stay away
from this lunatic.

- You think me a
lunatic, my lady.

- A fool is what you are.

It's no secret.

All of Assisi knows
you've gone mad, Francis.

- It's true I'm a fool, my lady.

But I'm God's fool.

- Forgive me for interrupting.

You need to go to
Rome immediately.

- I don't understand.

- You've caused quite a
commotion here, my brother,

and not just in Assisi.

Word has begun to
spread about you

throughout the whole region.

And as far as I know,

Innocent himself has
already heard about you.

Francis, I know that you
would die a martyr tomorrow

for the Holy Gospel,

but don't die a
misunderstood fool,

as one who is branded a heretic.

- A heretic?

Is that what people think?

I love Holy Mother church.

Why would people
think I'm a heretic?

- I'm sure they don't.

I'm sure your critics
are motivated by,

by jealousy and covetousness.

- Covetousness?

- Covet what?

I, I have nothing.

I've given up everything.

- Brother, you have
unlocked the secret

of where true freedom lies,

and your key is the
gospel of Christ.

The freedom of the gospel,

it's too risky and too
demanding for people

who prefer security, certainty,

and control of religion.

To them, Francis,

you are an affront

and a threat.

- So what do I do?

- Go to Rome.

Tell Innocent to his face

what is so clear
in front of mine.

Demonstrate that you

and your wandering
group of poor men

are free.

- So you are Francis,

the poor beggar from Assisi

who's causing such a stir?

- I am, Your Holiness.

- You may begin your propositum.

- My brothers and
I wish to follow

in the footsteps of Christ,

following him in simplicity,

in poverty,

in chastity,

and in obedience.

- Hmm.

So you wish to preach?

- I do.

- In Assisi?

- Yes, but not only there.

- Where?

- Everywhere.

- Everywhere.

To what do you want to preach?

Matters of doctrine?

- No, I wouldn't dare.

I don't have the
qualifications or the education

to even make an attempt
at such matters.

- Then what do you
wish to preach?

- The Holy Gospel.

We want to follow, to live,

and to preach the Holy Gospel.

Nothing less, nothing more.

- And how do we know you're
not preaching heresy?

And how do we not know
you're already a hypocrite?

Or worse, a wolf
in sheep's clothes?

- Enough.

My turn.

Your life is too hard
and severe, Francis.

If you wish to possess
a congregation,

possessing nothing
in this world,

where will you obtain the
necessities for this life?

- I trust in my
Lord Jesus Christ.

He will not deprive us
of our bodily necessities

when we need them.

- So much is true, but
human nature is weak.

Go Francis, go pray to the
Lord with all of your might,

so he will show
you what is better

and what is more beneficial.

Take the night.

Then come back to me tomorrow.

- Your Holiness.

Your Holiness, yesterday
you said go and pray

that the Lord may show
you what is beneficial.

I can't tell you
where we're going,

but I can tell you
why we started.

The Lord directed us
to three scriptures

as confirmation for our
group of poor beggars.

The first was the command
to the rich young ruler

to sell everything and
give it to the poor.

The second was the
command of the apostles

to take nothing
on their journey.

And the final was to
take up their cross

and die to their self daily.

Last night I pondered
into the late hours

about what the Lord has
been doing amongst me

and my fellow lesser brothers,

and I asked the Lord

why me?

And in the middle of the night,

when almost everyone was asleep,

the Lord whispered to me this.

- Francis, do
you think I chose you

and placed you over my family

because you were
educated and eloquent?

I chose you because
you are simple

and insomuch could
know that it is I

who watches over my flock.

I placed you as
a seal upon them.

- And if I approve this-

- You can't be considering this.

He's obviously a heretic.

Look at him.

He's a lunatic.

A fool, claiming God chose him?

- He did choose me.

Would you like to know why?

I'll tell you why.

Because God cannot
have chosen anyone

less qualified or more
of a sinner than me.

And so for this wonderful work,

he intends to perform
through me and my brothers.

He chose me,

for God always chooses
the weak and the absurd

and those who count for nothing.

But you are right when
you call me a fool,

for the Lord told
me he wished me

to be a new fool in this world.

- In our own presence
he's committed blasphemy,

claiming the Lord spoke to him?

- And what if he has?

- Innocent.

- That's Pope Innocent.

- Your Holiness.

- Cardinal Colonna.

- Yes, Your Holiness.

- Would you escort the cardinal
out to the Hall of Mirrors?

- Yes, Your Holiness.

- As I was saying,

if I approve of this
as an official order,

you will be-

- We will observe the Holy
Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ

through a life in obedience,

living without
anything of our own,

for Christ gave up
everything for our sake.

And in chastity, for only the
pure in heart shall see God,

and with eyes to see God,

we will see him in the face
of every homeless beggar

and diseased leper that God
gifts us to minister to.

I promise reverence to
you, Pope Innocent III,

unto your lawful successors,

and to the Roman Church.

- Very well.

I approve of your request
for an official order

and of your request
to preach anywhere

and everywhere you want,

as long as you don't preach on

any formal matters of doctrine.

Any other requests?

- No, Your Holiness.

- I honestly didn't think you
were going to approve him.

- I honestly didn't
think so either,

but as foolish as it may be,

Francis's faith may
be able to inspire

a true devotion to God,

not only for our generation,

but for many
generations to come.

- You really think the
faith of this poor beggar

has the ability to
inspire that many people?

- He inspires me.

- Francis.

Francis.

- His breathing is shallow.

Is there anything
we can get you?

- I wish I would've had more
time to serve the lepers.

Take my body to San Damiano,

so my beloved Clare can see me.

I promised her.

- We will.

We promise.

- Are, are you afraid
to die, brother?

- Death is my sister.

This is what we've
committed our lives to.

Dying

so that Christ may live in us.

Brothers,

I want to give you each a gift

before I go.

Not something for
you to possess,

but something for
you to pass on.

A little flower

you need to commit to memory,

before the sun
sets on your mind,

and the petals wither,

fall off,

and you forget.

Goodbye, my brothers.

I'm hurrying to the Lord

and I'm confident that
I'm going to my God,

whom I have served in my spirit.

When you see that
I've come to the end,

put me out naked on the ground

and allow me to lie there
for as long as it takes

to walk the leisurely mile.

I've done what is mine.

May Christ teach you
what is yours to do.

I call upon you, O Lord.

Come to me quickly.

Give ear to my voice
when I call upon you.

In you I seek refuge.

Do not leave me defenseless.

- He's gone.

- My God,

there has to be more.

- There is more.

Much more.

- Frank, wake up.

Frank, wake up.

Frank, you okay?

- I'm fine, Pete.

- You all right, babe?

- Yeah, babe, I'm fine.

- Oh yeah?

'Cause you ain't sound fine.

Sound like somebody unplugged
your sleep apnea machine.

- Norm.

- Yes?

- I'm fine.

- All I'm sayin' is you might
want to get that checked out.

We don't need you dyin'.

We got a big week.

- You mean he's got a big week.

- He is we.

Back me up on this, Pete.

- Listen, Jackie,

me, Norm and Frank been
friends since college.

- You graduated last year, Pete.

- But it feels like 30.

- Pete, stop acting like
y'all are war buddies

who served in Vietnam together.

You both majored
in liberal arts.

Barely went to class

and spent nearly
every night hammered

and sleeping with supermodels.

- Correction.

Frank and I slept
with supermodels.

Norm tried to sleep
with supermodels.

- I'm a model.

- Yeah, I had a little
bad streak in college,

but that's all behind me now.

- Is it?

- Eh, not really.

- Listen, all I'm
saying is if one of us

gets a win, we all do.

- A win?

This ain't no win.

- Bro, your dad is one of the
richest men in New York City.

He owns Bernadone's.

And this week he's givin'
us, and by us, I mean you,

the key to the kingdom.

He is naming you,

you, the heir to the throne,

the new CEO of Bernadone's,

the biggest upscale
clothing line in the world.

- Not the world.

- All right, New York
City, same thing.

- That's true.

- Bernadone's is bigger
than.

- Nordstrom?

- Bernadone's is bigger than-

- Macy's.

- Don't do that.

- Don't do what?

- Finish my sentences.

- Did I do that?

- Yeah, twice.

And I hate that.

There's a lot of things
I hate about you,

but that, that's
what I hate the most.

Don't do it.

- I'm sorry.

- All right.

All right, now where was I?

- You was talking about
how rich, successful,

and famous

Frank is gonna be,

but also trying to
include yourselves

to ride his coattails.

- Okay, I was talking
about that a little bit.

Just a little bit.

- Me, too.

- Do you two ever shut up?

- Me? Nah.

Pete? Eh.

- I can be quiet sometimes.

- Not a lot.

- Not a lot, but sometimes.

- This week ain't
only big for Frank,

but also for us.

- Oh, that's right.

Y'all got the big
engagement party.

- And you two are not invited.

- She's jokin', right?

Oh, come on, man.

Please let us.

- Come to the party.

I'm sorry.

I just didn't know if you were
gonna finish your sentence

and it was literally killing me.

- You comin', babe?

- No, babe, I'll
catch up with you.

- Are you?
- Yep.

- Are you sure?
- I'm sure, I'm sure.

I'll be fine.

Trust me, go ahead.

I'll catch up, okay?

- Okay.

- All right.

- I don't know where
Frank is, but that's okay.

We're gonna get started.

Peter Bernadone.

Working alongside
you all these years,

I've personally
had the privilege

watching you build Bernadone's
from a small boutique

in Greenwich Village to the
largest clothing apparel line

not only in Manhattan, not
only in the Five Boroughs,

but in every state
in the United States.

- Woo!

- And now you're going to throw
it all the way by retiring.

- Now get over here and
give us a speech, old man.

- Ah.

- Speech.

- Speech, come on.

- Speech! Speech!

- Speech! Speech!

Speech! Speech!

Speech! Speech!

- Now come on, you've
got a room full of

celebrities, politicians
and billionaires.

Ah.
- All right.

All right.

Okay, well, let's get
something straight.

I'm the only billionaire
in here today.

Thanks for coming, everybody.

- Think you should cut him off?

- Who?

- Him.

- Oh, well.

Um, I don't know.

I'd have to check
with the owner first.

- Who's the owner?

- Him.

- What if this is all there is?

- What?

- Hey, Frank, Frank, Frank.

Smile.

Hold up.

- Put your camera down.

Put your camera down.

- Hey, it's cool.

Hey.

Hey, my camera!

Let go! Let go!

Hey, that's my camera!

Come on, man.

- That's messed up, man.

- Real tough.

Man, that's my camera!

Really?

Frank Bernadone broke my camera.

I know who you are!

I'm gonna sue you!

- Some spare change?

- Sorry.

- Are you?

- So please, everyone,
raise your glasses

to another 35 years
of Bernadone's.

Thank you very.

- Ah, son of a frick.

Sorry I'm late, everyone.

- All right, everyone,
no big deal, no big deal.

This is Frank, everybody.

Welcome to the party.

- Hey, everyone.

- Hey, at least he
knows its a party.

Turn the music back up, have
a good time, no big deal.

He's just a little nervous.

This is my new man.

This my new CEO.

Come on, let's go, buddy.

- Hey, Dad, thanks
for being cool about this.

Aw.

- Who do you think I am?

- What?

- Who do you think I am?

- Dad.

- No.

First, I am the most powerful
man in New York City.

Second, I am your father.

But son, you seem to be
forgetting the first part.

How dare you come
into my apartment,

drunk and delirious
like some piece of trash

off the street and
embarrass me in front of

everybody in New York?

- Dad, not everyone
from New York was here.

- No.

Just everybody who matters.

Wake up.

- Oh, Dad, I'm sick.

- Yeah, I bet you are.

Come on, I decided what
I'm gonna do to you

for your punishment for what
you did to me last night.

- What's that?

- Good mornin'.

God is good.

- God is good!

- Yeah, God is good but could
we all be quiet about it?

- All the time.

- All the time!

- God is good.

- God is good!

- Again, are we
doin' this again?

- Shh.

- All the time.

- All the time!
- All the time!

- All the time.

Amen.

Amen.

As many of you know,
we are big believers

of interdenominational
friendships and partnerships.

And as many of you also know,

we just recently cut the ribbon

on our brand new
community outreach center.

And that outreach center is
going to help us minister

to souls across the city.

But you know, church,

we were having some
difficulty finding someone

from within our flock to,

to lead the center
in the direction

that God would have it to go.

So we did the next best thing.

I want to introduce to you
Father Richard Keating.

Father Richard, please join me.

- Richard's fine.

- Father Richard is
a Franciscan priest

and is a best-selling author.

Now he travels all over the
globe talking about subjects

like action and contemplation.

Father Richard is
a true lover of God

and a lover of people.

So join me in giving
Father Richard

a round of applause and welcome.

- I, um, I know this is
a bit odd for some of you

having me here.

Most of you Protestants
have been taught

that all Catholics
are going to hell.

And I just want you to know
on behalf of all Catholics,

the feeling is mutual.

- Reverend, thank you
so much for joining us.

- Oh, the pleasure's
all mine, all mine.

- And I'm sorry, I don't
know what to call you.

- Oh, just Richard's fine.

- Richard, thank you for coming.

- Wonderful sermon
today, Reverend.

- You know, thank
you, Miss Priscilla.

Mmm, ain't this
prime rib delicious?

- Delicious.

- Yeah, as expensive
as it is, it better be.

- Uh, will you look at that?

- Mmm-mmm-mmm.

Right where we're eating,
right in the window.

- They really
should do something.

- You're absolutely right.

Yes, they should.

I'm gonna go say something.

- Peter!

You know, there has been
an increase of homeless

recently here in the town.

- You know,
statistically speaking,

New York has the
highest population of
homeless per capita.

Mmm-hmm.

That's why we're building a
community outreach center.

To take care of folks like that.

- Or at least hire people to.

- Mmm, that's true, but we
don't just hire anybody.

We hire the best.

Ain't that right?

- Hey, come on, come on.

Go, go, go, go, go, go, guys.

- Would you all excuse
me for a second?

- All the money I
spend at this place,

and have us lookin'
at stuff like that.

What they got there.

Where is he goin'?

- Oh, he probably just
went to the bathroom

or somethin' like that.

I wouldn't worry about him.

- Mmm, delicious.

Mmm, mmm, mmm.

So what'd you think
about Father Richard?

- Who, the monk?

- I think they're called friars.

- Seems like an odd duck to me.

- Yeah.

Very weird.

- He seemed genuine, though.

Like he really wants
to help people.

- Oh, absolutely.

But did you hear the jab
he made at Pastor Gary?

- Yeah.

You didn't catch it, though.

- Yeah, it was funny.

- Wait, what jab?

- Can't we just play horse?

- Horse is kinda long.

How about pig?

- Man, we're playin'
two against one,

and you two still
won't stop complaining.

- No, I like basketball.

It's just, I'm not a
huge fan of the running.

- Yeah, and basketball's
kind of stupid, right?

- Man, you don't like basketball
because your shot's flat.

- What?

- You do shoot weird.

- I do not shoot weird.

Can a man who shot
weird do this?

- He's got a point.

- Quit stallin'
and shoot the ball.

- What makes you
think I'm stallin'?

- Well, because we've been
standin' here for 20 minutes

and you haven't taken a shot.

- I'm not stallin'.

Fun fact.

Did you know that Lincoln's
secretary's name was Kennedy

and Kennedy's secretary's
name was Lincoln?

- You serious?

- Mmm-hmm.
- Is that true?

- Now shoot the ball.

I gotta take Jackie out.

- Where?

- Shoot the ball!

- Okay.

Then you want my head again.

- Yeah, I think I
oughta be goin'.

Uh, I'll catch ya later.

- All right.

Right.

- Aren't you gonna get the ball?

- Look, I was, man,

but you know how it is with
time change and everything.

- Thanks.

- Can I see?

That is beautiful.

Is that a picture
of a Christmas tree?

- Yeah.

- I love being
excited for Christmas.

- Mmm-hmm.

- Do you like Christmas?

- I love Christmas.

- Frank?

It's Frank, right?

- Yeah.

- Here, come over here.

Meet my friends.

All right, this is Charlie.

- Hello, Frankie.

- Um, it's Frank.

- Now it's Frankie.

- And this is Jenny.

- Hi,

Frankie.

- You're stuck.

You got a new nickname.

It's Frankie now.

- Are you playing with us?

- Oh Jenny, I don't think Frank
has time to play right now.

- Why?

Do you not like fun?

- Over here is Tina.

And Tina is just as
smart as she is shy.

- Hi.

- Would

you

dance

with me?

- Um.

Maybe, maybe next time.

- Okay.

- Jenny, I'll dance with you.

- Okay,

Charlie.

- Everybody say bye, Frankie.

Bye, Frankie.

- Bye.

Nice meeting you all.

- Bye, everybody.

Sheila's in charge.

- Okay.

- Sheila's in charge.

Okay?

- All right.

Okay.

- I thought Tina was shy, Frank.

Walked the whole way here,
you didn't say a word.

- Sorry.

It's, ah, it's stupid.

- No, it's not.

- I had this dream and,

I don't know, it, it
really messed me up.

Honestly, I don't have anyone
I can talk to about it.

- Well, that's
what I'm here for.

I'll extract the
meaning of your dream

with some anointing oil.

And if that doesn't work,

I'll try a good
old-fashioned exorcism.

- Kind of a weird
dude, aren't you?

- Thank you, thank
you very much.

Step into my office.

- So where are you from?

- Let's keep this professional.

Now come on, tell
me about your dream.

- Um.

My God, there has to be more.

And then there was a
voice that was like,

"More. Much more."

Then I woke up.

- Hmm.

- What do you think it means?

- Well, I think it
means you're gonna die.

- Really?

- Well, not now, but eventually.

- Really, what do
you think it means?

- Well, maybe the more
isn't a what, but a who.

- Like do you think it means

that this life feels empty?

- Well, does it?

- I mean, I know I have a
life that everyone wishes

that they had.

- And what's that life?

- I mean, I walk into
a store, any store,

and I see something
I want, I get it.

I never have to worry
about a price tag ever.

I'm famous for doing
absolutely nothin'.

- That's pretty
common these days.

- My point is, I have everything

that anyone could ever want,

and the only thing it
makes me feel is empty.

- That's also pretty common.

- Like, what's the point
of life if everything

we run after, like,
doesn't make us happy?

- Right.

And most will never know.

- Why?

- It's because there's only
so many spaces at the top.

Not everyone can get there.

See, that's the lie
that everyone believes.

If I can finally get,
then I'll finally be.

- Then what's the
point of it all?

- Point of what?

Life?

- Yeah.

What's the meaning of life?

- I don't know that
you can figure out

the meaning of life, Frank.

But I do think
you can figure out

the meaning of your life.

Here, I want to give
you a somethin'.

- A book?

- Yes.

The words of my father himself.

- St. Francis of Assisi?

- Mmm-hmm.

Heard of him?

- No.

- I think you'd like him, Frank.

- And why is that?

- He reminds me of you.

- How so?

- Well, wealthy.

Just like you.

Son of a prominent businessman.

Just like you.

A party animal, womanizer.

Can you relate?

- Yeah, yeah, yeah.

- Anyway, one day Francis
figured out the secret.

- What secret?

- That the way to find
your life is to lose it.

- Okay, I'll check this out.

- But I'll warn you,

if you go down this path,
and if your eyes are opened,

you'll never look at the
world the same way again.

- So this guy Francis
takes his horse

and all of his dad's
clothes, sells 'em,

uses all of the money to
help him build this church.

- Uh-huh.

- And then his dad
throws him in some cell

inside of his house.

And eventually he's
brought before the bishop.

Takes off all of his clothes,

and gives them
back to his father.

- Then what?

- Then he leads a life
dedicated to poverty,

loving the poor and
preaching the gospel.

- So what?

You want to be like this
St. Francis of Assisi?

- Nah.

- St. Frank of New York City?

- I'm just sayin'
this guy had a,

he had a meaningful life.

He had it figured out.

- Mmm.

You put that book down
and I'll show you a guy

who's got it figured out.

- What?

- Just do it.

Put that book down.

You made the 30 under 30.

And guess who's number one.

- No idea.

- You.

- Might as well be a
picture of my father.

- This doesn't matter.

You realize what
this means, right?

- No.

- You're famous.

- And why does that matter?

- You think I could just use
the restroom real quick, man?

- Ah, not here, man.

I'm sorry.

This place has got
some resound, no?

- Come on, man, I just gotta go.

I'll be in and out.

I'll take two-

- I'm sorry, it's the policy.

I can't let you in-

- Look, man, I
probably have enough.

I can get a Coke or
something, but please,

can I just use the bathroom.

- Look, look, look, they're
payin' for nice meals, man.

- I just need
to use the bathroom.

- Hey, listen, it's not-

- What's goin' on here?

- I'll tell you
what's goin' on, man.

I just wanna use the bathroom.

I'm a human being just
like the rest of you.

You know, I just wanna be
able to use the toilet.

- Okay, and as I was
explaining to him,

the restrooms here are
for customers only.

- But he is a customer.

Can we get a chair to our table?

- Mr. Bernadone, please.

You don't even know this man.

- What's your name?

- I'm Eddie.

- Frank.

I do now.

- Ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah.

- Oh, hey, Mom.

What's up?

- I just got off the
phone with Jackie.

She seemed pretty upset.

- She called you?

- Yes.

She told me about
the stunt you pulled

at the restaurant tonight.

Do you know what
would have happened

if your father
wasn't traveling no

God knows where on business?

- Would have been upset.

- Yes. Very.

- Are you mad at me?

- Mad at you?

Son, I'm so proud of you.

- Really?

- Yes.

You know, all that
matters in life

is loving God and loving people.

People try to make
it harder than that,

but that's all it is.

Honey, listen.

You know,

I know you trying
to find your way

and wondering what to do and
where to go and who to be.

- So you don't think I
should take over for dad?

- That's not what I'm saying.

I'm saying tonight,

you loved people like
Jesus loved people.

You know, Jesus said,
"Whatever you do,

to the least of
them you do to me."

Tonight, you loved like Jesus.

You know, our wealth,

in the end it won't be
in our bank accounts

and our accomplishments.

It'll be in our relationships
and how we treated people.

- You're really proud of me?

- So proud of you, son.

Let me tell you somethin'.

Your father worked his whole
life to make sure the world

just acknowledged
his accomplishments,

and in one night, one night,

I am prouder of
you than I've been

in my whole life of anybody.

And I mean that.

- Thanks, Mom.

I'm gonna get to bed.

Love you.

I don't know what
made you do that, son,

but whatever it is, keep
doing what you're doing.

- Thanks.

I went into the broken down
church that lay in ruins,

called San Damiano.

There Christ himself spoke
to me through a cross.

Hello?

Hello?

- Frank.

Frank, it is I,
Yahweh, with no vows.

Quick, call the fire department.

I'm outside burning in a bush.

- Dude.

Dude, you've really
got some issues.

- Well, good thing
the church is made

for messed up people, right?

- Right.

- Come on, let me buy you lunch.

- So I figured out what
I wanna do with my life.

- Oh, that was fast.

- Want to love
God and other people.

Like, that's all I wanna do.

Just like St. Francis did.

- Hmm.

Well, let me ask you this
before you start your calling.

Why?

- Why?

What do you mean why?

- The pursuit is noble
and beautiful and pious,

but many have come before you

and wanted the same thing,

but they never stopped to
ask the question of why.

And the why, my friend, is
the foundation for everything.

Before your what
can be converted,

your why needs to be converted.

Let me ask you this, Frank.

Do you know that God loves you?

- Of course I do.

My ma, my ma raised
me up in the church.

- Well let me tell you a story

about my friend from
college named Randy.

In college we nicknamed
him Random Fact Randy,

and that's because he was
a big, fat know-it-all.

He could tell you everything.

That the skyscraper in New
York City is this tall,

and if we took him
to a, you know,

a rollercoaster park,
he would know the size

and dimensions of every
rollercoaster park.

Well, this one day we
took Random Fact Randy

to the Grand Canyon.

And I said, "Randy, I
got a question for you.

Do you know how deep
the Grand Canyon is?"

He said, "Oh yes.

I know that it is deep.

It's 177 miles around
the circumference
and it's this deep."

And I said, "Oh,
okay, that's great.

Well, Randy, I wonder if
you would know how deep

the Grand Canyon is

in a new way

if I did this."

And I pushed him in.

- You murdered Randy?

- I wish.

No, look.

Churches all across the world

will claim to know

that God loves them.

But there is a Grand
Canyon of a difference

between knowing God loves you
and experiencing that love.

This is why that the world
has been so fascinated

with the life of St. Francis
for almost 800 years.

- Why?

- Because the why of Francis
was that he knew he was loved.

And when he
experienced that love,

he fell head over heels
in love with Christ

and he dedicated his
life to following Jesus

the only way that he knew how.

- How was that?

- Literally.

And as a result,
his life was filled

with the fruit of the Spirit.

Peace,

joy, patience,

kindness, gentleness,

love, self-control.

- My dad taught me the only
way to be happy in this life

is to make somethin' of
yourself in this world.

- That sounds a lot like
the gospel of America,

rather than the gospel of Jesus.

- Here.

I wanna show you somethin'.

- Charlie,

Jenny and Tina,

and all the others you see here,

they will never be on
the cover of a magazine.

They'll never be a
social media star,

a movie star or a pop star.

They'll never have a big
house or a big bank account.

And you tell me, Frank,
do they look happy?

Look, I've got a meeting
with Pastor Gary across town.

You wanna come with me?

- Yeah, sure.

- All right, give me
five minutes, okay?

- Would

you

dance

with me?

- Um.

I dunno.

- I said

do you

want to dance with me?

- You said last time
you'd dance with Jen.

- Oh, yeah, you're right.

Um, okay.

- Let's dance.

- Hey, what are you doing?

Are you taking a video of
me without my permission?

- Yes, I always
take videos here.

- No, you are not
allowed to take video

of me without my permission.

- You give me my phone back.

- No.

- You have no right
to take my phone.

- Not until I delete the video.

- Give me this phone.

- Sorry you had to see that.

She shouldn't of
taken the video of me

without my permission.

- Why?

- 'Cause I don't know
what she do with it.

She could post it online.

Then the whole world would see.

- Why would that be bad?

- You just don't know
how people think.

- Why do you care
what people think?

- Oh, our meeting, Pastor Gary.

I'm so sorry I'm late.

- Frank, can you, uh,
give Father Richard and I

a moment alone, please?

- Um, yeah, sure.

- Thank you.

- I'm so sorry, Pastor Gary.

So, uh, I received a
rather troubling phone call

about your friendship
with Frank.

- From who?

- Well, who's not important.

But, uh, they would rather
your friendship discontinue.

- And what do you want?

- You have to understand
that their family

is the single biggest
contributor to our congregation.

- Well, I've taken the
vow of poverty, Gary.

So you don't have
to worry about that.

- Yeah, but still, I would
rather Frank and his family

not be, ah, swayed into
joinin' up with another church.

- Swayed?

I'd never tell-

- You know, having them
here is, is, is good

for our congregation.

You understand that, right?

- Yeah, I understand.

- Good.

I knew we could see
eye to eye on this.

- Hey, stop right here, Jason.

- Where you goin'?

To confess?

You supposed to do
that after you sin.

We haven't even gone
out and sinned yet.

We can come back
here in the mornin'.

- I'll be right back.

Going to see if a friend
wants to come with us.

- A friend?

At a church?

- What, like a nun?

- Could be a hot nun.

- Yeah, I'm down with that.

What's up, Sister?

- Are you practicing?

- Father Richard?

Father Richard, it's Frank.

What's up?

- Oh, you hate when the
paparazzi hasslin' you, huh?

- What do you think?

- Comes with the territory, bro.

- All right, I
need another drink.

- I'm good.

- So why didn't Jackie
come out tonight?

- She's mad at me.

- Oh, so that party's
gonna be great now.

- Right.

- Are we even invited?

- Yes, you're invited, idiot.

- Oh, we gotta be idiots.

- Who's idiots?

- You both are.

- And we get to go to the party.

- Yeah, we do.

That's right, buddy.

Ah, all right, so we
hittin' the dance floor?

- I'm not drunk
enough for that yet.

- Well, ah, what'd
you see, a hot nun?

Oh, oh, would you look at that?

- Pete, why don't you
go dance with your future wife?

- You first.

- You know what?

I'll dance with her.

You want a picture, paparazzi?

- Frank!

Frank!

- Y'all know this guy?

- No.

- Nope.

- Looks like you had a
fun night last night.

- Yeah.

Pete and Norm stood me up.

Now they won't return my calls.

Can you believe that?

- Yeah.

- What does that mean?

- Those two are followers, baby.

You're a leader.

And as soon as you
start leading people

down a road they don't wanna go,

you gonna find yourself
on a lonely road.

Jesus ain't call it the
narrow way for nothin'.

Be careful of stunts like this.

You got a big spotlight on
you, being your father's son.

Okay?

And I know you better
than you think you do.

I wouldn't be surprised
if he was doing this

to send some kind of a message.

- What stunts?

- Matthew1.

"Be careful not to
show your righteousness

in front of others
to be seen by them."

- "In the same way,

let your light shine before men

that they may see
your good deeds

and glorify your
father in heaven."

Matthew16.

So you're gonna come sit down?

You still mad at me?

- I was.

Thought you were
trying to embarrass me.

- I wasn't.

- I know.

I know.

St. Frank of

New York City?

You can't get better
press than this.

- Yeah, but I'm not
doing it for me.

I'm doing it because I
really want to help people.

- And I agree.

Help people.

Helping people is really sexy.

- Yeah.

- Hi, can I help you?

- Yeah, yeah, is
Father Richard in?

- Oh no, he's not in today.

- Oh, he's not?

Uh, you know where
I can find him?

I'm having trouble keeping
up with him lately.

- Well, it's Thursday, so
he's probably in Brooklyn

at the Color Green Cafe.

- Okay, cool.

Uh, do you know what time?

- Oh, all day, honey.

All day.

- Okay, thanks.
- Yeah.

- So it's
a Subaru Outback.

- That you, you're renting?

- Well, I'm looking at one.

- Father Richard.
- To buy one?

- Yeah, hi.

- Hello, Frank.

- Sorry, am I interrupting?

- Ah, no, no, no.

Sit down, meet my friend.

- How are you?

- This is Rabbi Bobby Schultz.

- Pleasure to meet you.

- Bobby and I went to,
uh, college together.

We were college roommates
for two years, yeah.

- Way back.
- Oh, cool.

- Way, way, way back.
- Yeah.

- Mmm-hmm. Mmm-hmm.

- You seem a little
surprised to see

a priest and a rabbi
breakin' bread together

by the look on your
face a little bit.

- A little bit.

- I know, it seems like
the opening to a bad joke.

- It does.

It'd be all the
jokes that he tells.

Incapable of telling
something funny.

- Sit down, sit down.

- Yeah, please join us.

See?
- What?

- See?
- What?

- See, it's usually
Christians that are surprised

by interfaith friendships.

- He's not wrong.

- Always say this, and
I know it gets old.

But that's why I think
Gandhi himself said,

"I like your Christ, but
why are your Christians

so unlike your Christ?"

- Well, I'm trying.

- Oh.

- Hey, did you see this?

- Ah, yeah, I saw it.

Frank here is on a journey.

- That's great.

That's great you're
helping people.

I like that.

- That's true.
- Yeah.

That is a really good thing,
right, helping people?

- It's true.

- Helping people is
a good thing, right?

Right?

- Right.

- Right?

What's, what's the look?

I'm seeing the look.

- What look?

- Mmm-hmm.

- Do not start an argument
with me right now.

- No, I wouldn't because
you know I'd win.

- Jesus was the Messiah.

I'm sorry, I'm coming down
with a little cough here.

- Oh, it's goin' around
town and everyone's got it.

I got, I got a little
tickle in my throat.

Jesus isn't God's
son.

- I'm so sorry.

- You guys argue
about that a lot?

- There's, that's a yes and no.

- Yes and no.
- But no.

- No, no, no, no, no.

We tease each other.

- We tease each other.

- We're best friends,
this is what we do.

- What do we really
even argue about?

- No-

- Like, who's gonna buy the
hot dogs at Yankee Stadium,

who's gonna pick up the tab.

- Yeah.

Actually truth be told, when
it comes to spirituality,

we actually learn a
lot from each other.

I've learned a ton
about God from him.

- Same.
- Really?

- I'd say the same.
- Yeah, absolutely.

Tell him, tell him what you
said about the Yahweh thing.

- I didn't, did I say that?
- The Yahweh.

You talkin' about Yahweh.
- Today?

Yahweh, the Yahweh thing.

- Yahweh. Yahweh.

- Yahweh what?

Yahweh, oh.

- The breathing thing.

- Oh, this is good, yeah.

Okay, so.

Your religion is like a
daughter of ours, right?

- No, no, no, no,
he's Protestant.

He would be a
granddaughter of yours.

- The train is off
the tracks again.

Train's off the tracks.

- I'm sorry.
- It's going right back on.

- I'm sorry.
- Okay, here we go.

- You see, you all
think the commandment

of do not take the
Lord's name in vain

means don't say god...-

- Darn it.
- Darn it.

Darn it?
- Darn it?

- It's darn it?

It's like slang then and
we'll go with that, okay?

I'm not saying it's a very
nice thing to say at all.

But in the Jewish tradition,

as Jews, we wouldn't dare
say God's name at all.

For us it's Yahweh.

Spelled Y-H-W-H.

- Mmm-hmm.

- Do you know the sound
Yahweh makes, Y-H-W-H?

You know what it sounds like?

- No.

- Yah.

Weh.

Yah.

Weh.

Yah.

Weh.

See?

Meaning that every human
being that's ever lived

or ever will live
says the name of God

every time they take a breath.

From the moment you're born
till the moment you die.

- Wow.

- Whoa.

Whoa is right.

Yeah.

He's a smart kid.

I knew I liked him
when he walked in.

- Look, I'm gonna take Frank
for a little walk here.

Are you gonna be here
for a little while?

- Yeah, I'm gonna, you
know I'm here all day.

- Because of the hemorrhoids?

- I don't even know
why we're friends.

- Afraid to move.

- I'm afraid to move.

- I'll be back in a little bit.

- Friendship's run it's course.

- Come on, Frank.

You got this?

- I, ah, perfect.

Every time.

Frank, for the record, I
don't have hemorrhoids.

Hey.

- So you seemed a little
surprised back there.

- I mean, you just don't
see that very often.

- Well, I guess I am a
little more concerned

with building bridges
than creating walls.

You know, like Christ.

This is what Christ
was all about.

Going outside beyond the
cultural boundary markers,

coloring outside the
lines, so to speak.

- You didn't seem very excited

when I showed you the newspaper.

- Oh, it was fine, Frank.

- I thought you'd
be proud of me.

- Frank, you don't need
me to be proud of you.

This journey is about

living for an audience of one,

but I am worried
about you, Frank.

- Worried?

- Usually what we do is an
outpouring of who we are,

and I'm worried that you've
traded in one trap for another.

- Trap?

- Your identity as a playboy,

you've traded it in for
your identity as a saint.

Both are traps.

St. Francis wasn't a
saint because he was

trying to be a saint.

You know, as my friend
Rich Mullins said,

the people that did the
greatest things for God

weren't trying to do
anything great at all.

They were just trying
to be obedient.

- I thought that is what
Francis's life was about.

Going around loving God
and doing things for God.

- First of all,

Francis's life wasn't
Francis's life.

Second of all, the life that
Francis committed to God

wasn't about doing more.

It was about dying more.

- What do you mean Francis's
life wasn't Francis's life?

- My father Francis
said, "I am who I am

inside of God, nothing
more and nothing less."

So don't look at me, and don't
look at my father Francis

for that matter.

We are but mere fingers
pointing to the moon

and that is our moon!

Jesus says follow me.

And where does he
lead us but the cross?

Because unless we too die,

we will never experience
our own resurrection.

- Frank.

- I think I just prayed
for the first time.

- The prayer that
goes beyond words.

Silent gazing.

Where you gaze at God until
you can feel God gazing at you.

- I can't explain
what just happened.

- And you won't ever have to.

Or be able to.

Look, I wanna give
you somethin'.

A gift to help remind
you who you really are.

- What's this, a T?

- A cross.

A Franciscan cross.

It's actually a Tao cross.

It was there before
Francis much longer,

but Francis, when
he discovered it,

he loved it and it has become
the cross of our order.

It's to help remind
you of who you are.

And you remind me of St. Paul.

St. Paul was someone
who was lost,

then found dead, then alive.

And when he was alive he
wrote to the Galatians,

the church there, and said,
"I have been crucified

with Christ and
I no longer live,

but it is now Christ
who lives through me."

This.

This is who you really are.

- All my life I've been told

it's all about my
performance and,

if I succeed, if I'm powerful,
if I have responsibility,

if I have all the things a
man can have in this life,

that, that's where my value is.

But I don't know why.

I feel lost, I feel
like a lost puppy

trying to find his way home.

I don't know why.

Only thing my father's
ever told me that

I must succeed, I must do this.

I must be somebody who
I never meant to be.

Who am I?

- You want to know who you are?

Look at me, look at me.

Look at me, look at me.

Frank, look at me.

I'm your brother, listen to me.

Look at me.

You want to know who you are?

You are loved.

- I think I wanna preach.

- That's beautiful.

But remember this.

St. Francis said, "Preach
the Gospel always.

If necessary,

use words."

- You're supposed
to be a preacher?

Look, Frank.

I studied for many, many years
before I became a preacher.

I didn't just get up in pulpit
and start preaching, son.

- So you're telling me I can't?

- I'm sayin' that,

I'm just sayin' that we should
sit down and talk about this.

Me, you and your father,
we should sit down-

- Yeah, but Richard said-

- Richard?

Who's Richard?

- Sorry, Father Richard.

Father Richard said
I should just do

what St. Francis said to do.

Preach the gospel always.

If necessary, use words.

- So you've been talkin'
to Father Richard.

- Yeah. Why?

- No reason.

No reason at all.

You know what?

Walk with me.

St. Francis never even said,

"Preach the gospel and
use words if necessary."

- He didn't?

- No, look it up.

Google it.

You know, whatever.

Really?

- Yeah, yeah, really.

Yeah, man, so, um-

- Excuse me, do you have a
couple of bucks for some food?

- Can you read?

- What?

- The sign.

It says no soliciting.

- Uh, this is a
church, ain't it?

- Yeah, ain't it?

- Frank, look,
you got to be firm

with these kinds
of people, okay?

Otherwise they just keep
comin' back and comin' back,

like mangy old cats.

Now get your tail on outta here.

Git, before I call the police.

- Why aren't we helping her?

- Hey, hey, hey, I help
people all the time, okay?

But people like that, they
don't want to help themselves.

Now I've been in the
ministry for over 40 years,

and let me tell ya, you
can't help everybody.

- Yeah, yeah, but we're
Christians, aren't we?

- Oh, okay.

I see.

So Mr. Preacher Man wanna
just save the world.

Save everybody, huh?

Let me know how that goes.

Preacher Man.

Everybody wants to talk
about how holy they are,

but nobody actually
wants to take steps

and feed the homeless.

I'll do it.

Are you guys hungry?

- What?

- Want some food?

Follow me.
- What?

- You guys hungry?

You hungry? Want some food?

Follow me.

I'll treat you guys.

Want some food?

You hungry?

Come with me.

Somebody want food here?

All right.

Hi there.

Do you remember me?

- How could I forget?

- Do you have any openings?

- We do actually.

Do you have more
uninvited dinner guests?

- Oh, they're, they're invited.

- Okay, how many?

- Let's see here.

One.

Two.

Three, four.

Five, six.

18, 19.

20?

What's up, man?

- Thank you, bro.

- Well, it's been great
meeting with you all,

but I don't want to be
late to my own party.

- Do you think they would mind
if we stayed a little longer?

- It is cold outside.

- It is cold, isn't it?

- That's good, man.

- Hey, thanks man, Frank.

- Hey, hey, hey, hey,
stop the vehicle.

Open up!

- Thanks, man.

- What are you doing?

They all took the
jackets from inside.

- Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah.

They need your coats.

They were really cold.

- No, no, no, no.

How, what are we gonna do?

I'm gonna get killed for this.

- It's okay, they're my friends.

- Yeah, but they all
have new jackets.

What are we gonna do?

- It's okay.

It's on me.

- Okay.

- If you don't have
a glass, grab one,

because we're
about to celebrate.

Frank, I am so
proud of you, son.

But I am mostly proud of
the man you are becoming.

And to Jackie, the very
smart and beautiful

and

truly a

very special person.

To Frank

and,

Peter, I didn't think you were
going to be able to make it.

- I wasn't.

- Did you
want to say anything?

- Later.

To Frank and Jackie.

- Cheers!

- So I
suppose you heard.

- Yeah.

I heard.

Let's you and I go for a ride.

You know what this is?

- A car?

- Hmm.

It's a 1971 Chevrolet
Chevelle SS.

This bad boy has a
454 big block engine,

automatic transmission,

78 miles.

- You mean 78,000?

- 78 period.

You know how much she's worth?

- I don't know, one,
two hundred thousand?

- Priceless.

But I suppose if you
were to take all the cars

in this garage and add
up their price tags,

you'd get a little
over 2 million.

- Wow.

- Son, I make $3,000 a minute.

To me now it's just
throw away money to me.

It means nothing.

But do you know why she
is so important to me?

- No.

No, sir.

- Because it's the
car I always wanted

when I was growin' up.

I used to always see these rich
white guys from Wall Street

driving these cars up and
down the streets of Harlem.

And I told my
father that one day,

one day I was gonna
own one of these.

And you know what he did?

- No.

- No what?

- No, sir.

- He laughed at me, Frank.

Your grandfather
laughed in my face.

And it was that
moment that I decided

that as soon as I could,

I was gonna buy one of these.

- And you did.

- And I did.

And now

I want you to drive it.

- Thought you always said you
love this car more than me.

- Maybe I do.

Come on.

Frank, from the moment
I bought this car,

I went from millionaire
to billionaire

practically overnight.

You know why?

- Why is that?

- Perceived value.

Son, perception is everything.

Perception is the secret
sauce to what I do.

What we do.

Do you hear what I'm sayin'?

- Yes.

- Well, I'm only
asking because the way

you've been acting
the past few days.

Look, I get it.

You want to help people
and that's great.

Do you know how much I've given
to charity over the years?

- No clue.

- No, you don't.

So I'm gonna tell you.

More than you ever have or
will ever be capable of.

The point is this, son.

If you really wanna help people,

really wanna help people,

this is the best way to do it.

It's a mistake to think
that you can't be successful

and help other people.

Matter of fact, that's how
you're gonna help people.

Be rich, be famous.

Be a success.

And if you want to
give away more money

than you want to buy toys
for yourself, so be it.

But you are on the verge
of throwing this all away,

and I want to know why.

- Because of
perceived value, Dad.

- Because of your
perceived value.

Son, in this day and age,

how people view you
equates to money.

Or how do you boys say it?

Uh, dollar dollar bills.

- Dad, don't
embarrass yourself.

- Well, that's funny,

because that's exactly what I
thought you were doing to me.

- Dad.

- I warned you.

Don't ever embarrass me again.

- Are you gonna kill me?

- No, I'm not gonna kill you.

But if you ever do that again,
you will wish you were dead.

Do you understand?

- Yes, sir.

- Now take me home.

- You want to drive?

- Hmm.

Why would I do that?

It's your car now.

- What?

- Consider it a early
bonus for being CEO.

- Are you serious?

- As a heart attack.

You see this?

You know what this is?

- The keys to the car.

- The key to the whole garage.

Every car in the
garage now is yours.

Next week we'll go to the
DMV and make it official.

- Dad, thanks.

- Don't thank me.

Earn it.

- Hey, say what you
will about my dad,

but he is a smart man.

- Oh, I have no doubt.

- Yeah, like he said,

if I really want to help people,

I should make as
much money as I can,

and that way I can
help more people.

- I have some doubt.

- Hold on.

My dad has probably
given more to charities

than anybody in
the city ever has.

- You think so?

- You don't believe me?

I bet you I can get his bank
statements and prove it to you.

- But you see Frank,

the currency of
the kingdom of God

is compassion, not money.

And I recognize that capitalism

is the working model
of our culture,

but all I'm saying is
you have to be careful.

- Yeah, to be careful, let's
not become a communist.

- Now hold on.

All I mean is,

Jesus said

you cannot serve
both God and money,

because you will end up loving
one and hating the other.

- You know, Pastor Gary said
that St. Francis never said,

"To preach the gospel always,
if necessary use words."

- Well, you tell Pastor Gary

that it sure fits the sentiment

when my father Francis founded
our order of lesser brothers.

And while it is true that
sometimes you have to use words,

don't forget what St. Paul said.

"That if you do not have love,

then you are nothing
but a clanging symbol."

And speak of the devil.

- Uh, Father Richard.

Please allow me to
introduce you to

Mr. Mike Jenkins, from the bank.

- We lease this property
to Reverend Gary here.

- Mmm-hmm.

Uh, can we see you in the
back for just a second?

Won't take long at all.

- Sure.

- Thank you.

- Follow me.

- Hey, Pastor Gary.

- Hey, Preacher Man!

- So what was that all about?

- Well, your pastor,
Pastor Gary, has let me go.

- He fired you?

- Yeah.

And he sold this building
back to the bank.

- See, this is exactly
why I hate the church.

- Don't do that.

Don't hate the church.

You know why?

Because it's not Gary's.

It's God's.

- Yeah, but.

- No buts, Frank.

Don't do it.

Look, you admire
St. Francis, right?

- Of course.

- St. Francis didn't
hate the church, okay?

And he lived in one of the
most hypocritical times

in church history.

The Crusades,
selling indulgences.

And yet he remained within.

Yes, he stayed on the very edge,

but he purposefully stayed in.

- Yeah, but, what do you
think he would want us to do?

- Well, he sure wouldn't want
you to condemn their way.

- What would he want us to do?

- Show them a better one.

- Okay, real talk.

You guys don't have a building.

You don't have anywhere to go.

Charlie? Jenny?

- I know.

I know.

Just wish I

could somehow find $2
million real quick.

- I think I can help.

- Why, you got $2
million on you?

- Kind of.

- Here you go.

$2 million has
officially been wired

to your account, Mr. Bernadone.

- Are you sure you want
to sell these cars?

- Yeah.

- Then we have a deal.

- What do you mean
you've never been

on a slip and slide before?

Boy, I tell.

Sorry about that.

Hello?

Well, can it wait?

I'm with someone important.

What?

How did?

Look, look, I don't know, okay?

I, uh, let me call you back.

I said I'd call you back.

That was, uh, Mike
from the bank,

and, um, it looks like
someone bought the building.

Your son.

- My son?

Where did he get the money from?

- Well, what are you
gonna do about it?

- I'll take care of him.

- Frank Bernadone.

- Yeah?

- Get up.

- For what?
- You're under arrest.

- For what?

I didn't do anything!

- For stealin' a car!
- On the ground.

On the ground.

- I didn't do anything.

I didn't steal a car!

- Stop resistin'.

- My dad.

- Get up, get up.

Let's go.

- All right.

- How you doin', son?

- How do you think a rich
black kid is doin' in here?

- I told you, didn't I?

I told you if you ever
embarrassed me again,

you'd wish you were dead.

- How could you do this to me?

- I can ask you the same thing.

- So now what?

- Depends.

You want to get
out of here or not?

- You know I do.

- Then do what you gotta do.

- And what's that?

- Stop being a fool.

- A fool?

- Frank, wake up.

Don't you realize
your own best friends

want nothing to do with you?

Pete and Norm?

Haven't you noticed
they're nowhere around.

- Yeah, I've noticed.

- And what about Jackie?

- What about her?

- Ah, you really are
blind, aren't you?

Your fiance is ready to
call off the engagement.

- She, she doesn't
want to marry me?

- Well, can you blame her?

Frank, you're on the
verge of throwing

your whole life
away, and for what?

- So now what?

- Stop disrespecting the family.

And more importantly,
stop embarrassing me.

You are a Bernadone.

- I don't even know who I am.

- I'll tell you who you are.

You are my son.

And in two days you are
going to be replacing me

as one of the top
CEOs in this country.

I need you to start
acting like one.

- Okay.

- Okay.

You mean that?

- Yes, I was trying
to love people.

- Well, you can start by
trying to love your own father.

I told you before
you can do both.

You can love God and
love being a Bernadone.

- Okay.

- Okay.

Let's get you out of here.

- Father, where are
we gonna go now?

- So, are we good?

- What do you mean?

- You know what I mean.

- Yeah, we're good.

- There's just.

- There's just?

- There's nothing wrong
with having a normal life.

You know?

- Yes, I know that.

- Just no more going crazy.

- What do you mean crazy?

- You don't even know
what you have, do you?

With your name, we have it all.

We are on top of the world.

So let's try not to fall off.

Okay?

- Okay.

- My man is looking sexy.

- Is he?

- You look like you could
be on the cover of GQ.

- Well, you know.

- You are.

- Hey, I gotta head
out real quick.

- Wait.

But the party's starting soon.

People are starting to arrive.

- Um, I know, I'll
be real quick, okay?

I'll be right back.

- Wait,
where are you going?

- Didn't stand you up.

- You did stand me up.

- No, I didn't.

- Yes, you did.

- My phone froze up.

It was on the fridge.

- Uh, sorry to interrupt.

Can I see you for a second?

- Yeah, sit down.

- You want some
of this sandwich?

- No thanks, I'm okay.
- It's good.

- It's good to see you.

And it's nice to see that
you're not in prison.

It's a pretty lame stunt
that your dad pulled,

if you ask me.

- Yeah, I mean, but,

he was just tryin'
to teach me a lesson.

- Oh, I'm sure he was.

- Well, I stopped by
to see if you want

to come to a party at my place.

Ah, well, my parent's place.

They're throwin' a little
party for me tonight.

- Party? Your birthday?

- No, I'm actually being named
a new CEO of Bernadone's.

- Are you kidding me?

That's amazing.

- Yeah.

- Is that what you really want?

- Yeah, of course.

Plus it was the only my dad
was gonna let me out of jail.

- And are you sure that
you haven't traded in

one prison for another?

- What's that supposed to mean?

- Are you free, Frank?

- What do you mean free?

- Well, as my old friend
Brennan Manning once said,

a fellow Franciscan,

"A free man wouldn't
need to ask."

- Well, anyway, I
hope you can make it.

It's a penthouse
by Times Square.

- Yeah, I know where that's at.

- Will you come?

- I don't know if I can come,
to be honest with you, Frank.

I think that I've
ruffled enough feathers.

- Well, I want you there.

- Oh, Frank.

You dropped this
the other night.

Thought you might want it back.

- Thanks.

- So we on for
the game Thursday?

- I'm gonna be there this time.

I'm comin'.

- Is lying a sin in Judaism?

- Tina?

Tina?

Tina?

Tina, it's Frank.

Tina, it's Frank from
the community center.

Tina.

- Oh, I don't know you.

Who are you?

- I'm a friend of Tina's
from the community center.

So? I'm her dad.

- Are you living out here?

- Yeah, we are.

And it's your fault.

- My fault?

How is it my fault?

- Haven't you ever
heard of gentrification?

- Cheers!

- I'm sayin' that
you should wake up

and stop looking at
life from the top down

and look at life
from the bottom up.

Then maybe you can be
a part of the solution

instead of the problem.

You need to wake up
to see what it's like

to live life in our shoes.

- Here.

Take some money.

Let me help.

- Why, so you can think
good about yourself?

I don't think so.

- But Daddy, he's
trying to help.

- Stay out of
this, little lady.

Now get outta here.

- There he is.

There he is, the
man of the hour.

Ha-ha, now the party can start.

Hey, go get a drink,
come back over here.

We can get started, okay?

- I'm good.
- You good?

All right.

Well, everyone, I know it's
been a long week for all of us,

but today is even a bigger day

because it is a day
of transformation.

My son,

my boy,

will no longer be
sitting in my shadow.

No, he will be casting
a shadow of his own

as one of New York City's
brightest new stars.

Cheers.

- Cheers!

- And I know this is
a little bit cheesy.

I know it is, but I'm your
pop, so I can do this.

But here, son,

are the keys to the castle.

That opens every door inside
and outside of Bernadone's.

Okay, you put those
in your pocket.

I don't want you losin' those.

All right?

Cheers, everyone.

- Cheers!

- Cheers.

- Frank.

Take up your cross
and follow me.

Die with me

so I can live through you.

It is my voice, Frank.

I am the one who
called St. Francis.

The same voice that calls you.

The same voice
that calls everyone

to follow me,

to die with me,

so I can live through you.

- Frank!

Frank, what's, what's goin' on?

- I'm sorry, I can't.

- You're sorry you can't what?

- I can't be both, Dad.

I can't do both.

- What's, what's wrong?

What do you mean
you can't do both?

Both what?

- Dad, I can't be your son.

- Wait.

Wait. What?

What?

Repeat yourself.

What did you just say?

- I'm not your son.

- What do you mean
you're longer my son?

You will always be my son.

- I have one father.

God's my father, God's
my father, not you!

- I am your father!

You don't have another father.

You can think God
is your father.

Fine, but I am your real father.

Like it or not, I will
always be your father.

And like it or not,

I own you.

You would not be
here without me!

I gave you that coat!

I gave you those shoes!

I gave you the
thoughts in your head!

Your fiance wouldn't be here
without the stuff I gave.

Don't you walk away from me.

Everything you have, I
made you who you are.

So don't you ever

talk to me like that again.

You are a fool.

- I am a fool.

But I'm God's fool.

- You walk out that door,

you're dead to me.

- I'm already dead.

But it's Christ who
lives through me.

- He's walking out
into Times Square.

- Frank.

What type of party you
guys havin' up here?

- Dude, I think I just
pulled the St. Francis.

- Well, that bracelet's
not gonna keep you warm.

Here.

There we go, there we go.

Here, this is important.

This is your belt, okay?

Francis didn't take a belt.

That's why he did rope.

And each knot
represents something.

The first knot, obedience.

The second knot, chastity.

And the third knot, poverty.

- Oh man, dude, thanks.

- Well, what are
you gonna do now?

What are you gonna
do with your life?

- It's not my life.

- Wait, Frank, Frank.

I gotta know.

What made you change your mind?

- What can I say?

Fell into the Grand Canyon.

- Now you're free.