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[soft dramatic music]
[crowd yelling]
[soft dramatic music]
- 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.
[solemn music]
- 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.
[solemn music]
- How could you do this to your father?
- The only father I have is my father in heaven.
[solemn music]
- 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.
[solemn music] [crowd shouting]
[solemn music]
[upbeat inspiring music]
- 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.
[soft solemn music]
[leaves and sticks rustling]
[soft solemn music]
[leaves and sticks rustling]
[soft solemn music]
[sticks rustling]
[soft solemn music]
Alms for the love of God?
Bernard. Peter.
Alms for the love of God?
- [Clare] Francis.
- Come inside, Clare.
[soft solemn music]
[wood clattering]
[soft solemn music]
Hello, old friends.
- [Bernard] Francis, we wanna help.
- [Peter] Francis.
[fire crackling] [soft solemn music]
[hay rustling]
[soft solemn music]
[knuckles rapping]
- Come.
[soft solemn music]
- "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."
[soft solemn music]
Cross.
My cross.
Your cross.
Our cross.
[soft solemn music]
- Alms for the love of God?
Alms for the love of God?
- [Man] 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.
[Mother scoffing]
- 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.
[soft solemn music]
[group whispering]
[soft solemn music]
- 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?
- [Francis] I do.
- In Assisi?
- Yes, but not only there.
- Where?
- 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.
[soft solemn music]
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.
- [Christ] 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.
[soft solemn music]
[Francis coughing]
[soft solemn music]
- Francis.
Francis.
[soft solemn music]
[leaves rustling]
- 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.
[soft solemn music]
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.
[soft solemn music]
- He's gone.
[soft solemn music]
[leaves rustling]
[men whispering]
[soft solemn music] [crickets chirping]
[sirens blaring in background]
[solemn piano music]
- My God,
there has to be more.
- [Christ] 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. [snapping fingers]
- Nordstrom?
[Norm sighing]
- Bernadone's is bigger than-
- Macy's.
[Norm sighing]
- 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?
- [Jackie] Okay.
- All right.
♪ On, on, on ♪
♪ My past is my past, babe ♪
♪ Mmm-hmm ♪
♪ Yeah, I make decisions that glow ♪
♪ Ridiculous flow ♪
♪ Potential to glow ♪
♪ You know, I just do it ♪
♪ Consolidate my regions, line it up ♪
♪ Get 'em together ♪
♪ Anyone that ever let me down ♪
♪ Forget 'em forever ♪
♪ We're goin' in Nevada ♪
♪ My favorite word is medulla oblongata ♪
♪ Just doin' what I gotta ♪
♪ Is this the end or just the beginnin' ♪
♪ Am I losin' or winnin' ♪
♪ Is this reality or am I pretendin' ♪
- 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.
[crowd applauding]
- [Woman] Woo!
[crowd applauding]
- And now you're going to throw it all the way by retiring.
[crowd laughing]
- Now get over here and give us a speech, old man.
- [Peter] Ah.
- Speech.
- Speech, come on.
- Speech! Speech!
- [All] 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.
[Peter and crowd laughing]
Thanks for coming, everybody.
[crowd chatting in background]
[glass thudding]
- 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.
[crowd chatting in background]
- What if this is all there is?
- What?
[crowd chatting in background]
- 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! [camera shattering]
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?
[crowd chatting in background]
- So please, everyone, raise your glasses
to another 35 years of Bernadone's.
Thank you very. [Frank thudding]
- [Frank] 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. [Peter chuckling]
- 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.
[Peter chuckling]
[intense music]
- [Frank] Hey, Dad, thanks for being cool about this.
Aw.
[intense music]
- 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.
[intense music]
[hand thumping]
Wake up.
- [Frank] 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.
- [Frank] What's that?
- Good mornin'.
God is good.
- [Congregation] God is good!
- Yeah, God is good but could we all be quiet about it?
- All the time.
- [Congregation] All the time!
- God is good.
- [Congregation] God is good!
- Again, are we doin' this again?
- Shh.
- All the time.
- [Congregation] All the time! - [Children] All the time!
- All the time.
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.
[congregation applauding]
- 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.
[everyone laughing]
- 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?
[Gary chuckling]
- 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.
[door slamming]
[soft music]
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?
- [Norm] 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.
[basketball thudding]
- Yeah, I think I oughta be goin'.
Uh, I'll catch ya later.
- All right.
Right.
- Aren't you gonna get the ball?
- [Norm] Look, I was, man,
but you know how it is with time change and everything.
- Thanks.
[people talking in background]
- [Richard] 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?
- [Charlie] I love Christmas.
- Frank?
It's Frank, right?
- Yeah.
- Here, come over here.
Meet my friends.
All right, this is Charlie.
- Hello, Frankie.
[woman chuckling]
- Um, it's Frank.
- Now it's Frankie.
[Richard laughing]
[Jenny laughing]
- And this is Jenny.
- Hi,
Frankie.
[Richard laughing]
- 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.
- [Jenny] Okay.
- Jenny, I'll dance with you.
- Okay,
Charlie.
- Everybody say bye, Frankie.
- [Jenny and Charlie] Bye, Frankie.
[Jenny laughing] - 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.
- [Frank] Sorry.
It's, ah, it's stupid.
- [Richard] 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.
- [Frank] So where are you from?
- Let's keep this professional.
Now come on, tell me about your dream.
- Um.
[soft music]
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. [Richard chuckling]
- 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.
[soft solemn music]
- 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?
[both laughing]
- 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.
[Frank sighing]
[Jackie clearing throat]
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.
- [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.
[people chatting in background]
- Ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah.
- [Frank] 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, [Priscilla scoffing]
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.
[soft music]
I went into the broken down church that lay in ruins,
called San Damiano.
There Christ himself spoke to me through a cross.
[door thudding softly]
Hello?
- Frank.
Frank, it is I, Yahweh, with no vows.
Quick, call the fire department.
I'm outside burning in a bush.
[Richard laughing]
- Dude.
[hands smacking]
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.
[soft music]
- So I figured out what I wanna do with my life.
- Oh, that was fast.
- [Frank] 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.
[Richard laughing]
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.
[both chuckling]
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. [hand smacking]
I wanna show you somethin'.
[people talking in background]
- 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?
[women laughing]
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?
[people chatting and laughing in background]
- 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.
[people chatting and laughing in background]
- 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?
[people chatting and laughing in background]
[Richard speaking softly]
- 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.
- [Gary] 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.
[rain pattering]
- 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.
[rain pattering]
- 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?
[rain pattering]
[knuckles rapping]
- Father Richard?
[soft music]
Father Richard, it's Frank.
[knuckles rapping]
[soft music]
[Frank sighing]
[rain pattering]
[upbeat hip hop music]
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?
- [Norm] Pete, why don't you go dance with your future wife?
- You first.
[Norm laughing]
- You know what?
I'll dance with her.
You want a picture, paparazzi?
- Frank!
Frank!
[upbeat hip hop music]
- Y'all know this guy?
- No.
- Nope.
[upbeat hip hop music]
- 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?
- Matthew 6:1.
"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."
Matthew 5:16.
[door clicking] [footsteps clomping]
So you're gonna come sit down?
[footsteps clomping]
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.
♪ Good Lord ♪
♪ All I wanna do is spread on ♪
♪ Be ♪
♪ We, we rollin' ♪
♪ Better tell somebody we rollin' down it ♪
♪ We rollin' ♪
♪ Better tell somebody we rollin' down it ♪
♪ We rollin' ♪
♪ Roll right now ♪
♪ Bounce like that ♪
♪ Roll right now ♪
♪ Bounce like that ♪
♪ Roll right now ♪
♪ Bounce like that ♪
♪ Roll right now ♪
♪ Bounce like that ♪
♪ Bah-bah-ba-da ♪
- [Woman] 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.
- [Bobby] 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.
- [Bobby] Pleasure to meet you.
- Bobby and I went to, uh, college together.
We were college roommates for two years, yeah.
- Way back. - [Frank] Oh, cool.
- Way, way, way back. - [Richard] 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.
[Richard laughing]
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.
- [Richard] 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?
- [Bobby] Mmm-hmm.
- Do not start an argument with me right now.
- No, I wouldn't because you know I'd win.
[Richard choking]
- Jesus was the Messiah.
[Richard coughing]
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. [clearing throat]
- I'm so sorry.
- You guys argue about that a lot?
[Bobby and Richard laughing]
- 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.
- [Both] 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.
[soft music]
- Frank.
[Frank crying] [soft solemn music]
- 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.
[soft music]
- 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.
[Frank crying]
But I don't know why.
[Frank crying]
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.
[Frank crying]
Who am I?
- You want to know who you are?
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.
♪ Jesus loves you ♪
♪ This I know ♪
♪ For the Bible ♪
♪ Tells me so ♪
♪ Little ones ♪
♪ To him belong ♪
[Frank sobbing]
♪ They are weak ♪
♪ He is strong ♪
♪ Yes ♪
♪ Jesus loves me ♪
[Frank sobbing]
♪ Yes ♪
♪ Jesus loves me ♪
♪ Yes ♪
♪ Jesus loves me ♪
♪ The Bible ♪
♪ Tells me ♪
♪ So ♪
- 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.
[upbeat bright music]
Everybody wants to talk about how holy they are,
but nobody actually wants to take steps
and feed the homeless.
I'll do it.
[upbeat bright music]
[people talking and laughing]
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?
[host chuckling]
- 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.
[utensils clinking] [people chatting softly]
- 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?
♪ Like I say, man ♪
♪ Always said it ♪
♪ It's not about the destination, no ♪
♪ It's all about the journey ♪
♪ Go way back, way back, way back ♪
- That's good, man.
♪ Here we go, way back ♪
- Hey, thanks man, Frank.
♪ Way back, way back ♪
- Hey, hey, hey, hey, stop the vehicle.
Open up!
♪ Way back, way back ♪
- 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.
[glass clinking]
- 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.
- [Peter] I wasn't.
- [Priscilla] Did you want to say anything?
- Later.
To Frank and Jackie.
- [Crowd] Cheers!
[intense music]
- [Frank] So I suppose you heard.
- Yeah.
I heard.
[intense music]
Let's you and I go for a ride.
[intense music]
[door rattling]
[intense music]
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.
[intense music]
And now
I want you to drive it.
- Thought you always said you love this car more than me.
[keys jangling]
- Maybe I do.
[Peter chuckling]
Come on.
[engine rumbling]
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?
- [Frank] 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.
- [Frank] Dad, don't embarrass yourself.
- [Peter] 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?
[Peter chuckling]
- Consider it a early bonus for being CEO.
- Are you serious?
- As a heart attack.
You see this?
You know what this is?
- [Frank] 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."
[footsteps clomping]
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.
- [Richard] Follow me.
[people chatting]
- Hey, Pastor Gary.
- Hey, Preacher Man! [laughing]
[Richard sighing]
- 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.
[phone buzzing]
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.
[soft intense music]
- [Policeman] Frank Bernadone.
- Yeah?
- Get up.
- For what? - You're under arrest.
- For what?
I didn't do anything!
- For stealin' a car! - [Policeman] On the ground.
On the ground.
- [Frank] I didn't do anything.
I didn't steal a car!
- Stop resistin'.
- My dad.
- [Policeman] Get up, get up.
Let's go.
- All right.
[Frank and policemen scuffling]
[intense music]
- [Peter] 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?
- [Frank] 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.
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.
Let's get you out of here.
[soft piano music]
[Frank sighing]
[hip hop music]
- Father, where are we gonna go now?
[hip hop music]
- 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?
[Jackie laughing]
- 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.
[kiss smacking]
[hip hop music]
- 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.
- [Jackie] Wait, where are you going?
[bell ringing]
- 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. [Richard laughing]
- 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?
[soft music]
[slow hip hop music] [people chatting]
[slow hip hop music] [rain pattering]
[slow hip hop music] [people chatting]
[soft music]
- Tina?
[people chatting]
Tina?
[suspenseful music]
Tina?
Tina, it's Frank.
Tina, it's Frank from the community center.
[people chatting]
Tina. [suspenseful music]
- 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.
[people chatting]
- 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?
- [Crowd] 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.
[Jackie laughing]
- 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.
- [Man] Stay out of this, little lady.
Now get outta here.
[intense music]
[tram rumbling]
[people chatting]
- 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.
- [Crowd] 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.
- [Crowd] Cheers! [glasses clinking]
- Cheers.
[soft intense music]
- 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.
[soft solemn music]
[people murmuring and laughing]
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.
[inspiring music]
[people talking and laughing]
[inspiring music]
- He's walking out into Times Square.
[inspiring music]
[people talking and laughing]
[horns honking]
- 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.
[inspiring music]
[people talking and laughing]
[inspiring music]
[acoustic guitar music]
♪ All highest ♪
♪ Glorious sky ♪
♪ Shine light ♪
♪ Into the darkness of my heart ♪
[acoustic guitar music]
♪ Give me ♪
♪ Right faith ♪
♪ Firm hope ♪
♪ And perfect charity ♪
[acoustic guitar music]
♪ Give me ♪
♪ Profound humility ♪
♪ With wisdom and understanding ♪
♪ That I ♪
♪ Might do ♪
♪ What is truly ♪
♪ Your holy ♪
♪ Holy ♪
♪ Holy will ♪
[acoustic guitar music]
♪ All highest ♪
♪ Glorious sky ♪
♪ Shine light ♪
♪ Into the darkness of my heart ♪
[acoustic guitar music]
♪ Give me ♪
♪ Right faith ♪
♪ Firm hope ♪
♪ And perfect charity ♪
[acoustic guitar music]
♪ Give me ♪
♪ Profound humility ♪
♪ With wisdom and understanding ♪
♪ That I ♪
♪ Might do ♪
♪ What is truly ♪
♪ Your holy ♪
♪ Holy ♪
♪ Holy will ♪
[acoustic guitar music]
♪ Hallelujah ♪
♪ You are holy ♪
♪ Hallelujah ♪
♪ You are good ♪
♪ Hallelujah ♪
♪ You are holy ♪
♪ Help me do ♪
♪ Your will ♪
♪ Hallelujah ♪
♪ You are holy ♪
♪ Hallelujah ♪
♪ You are good ♪
♪ Hallelujah ♪
♪ You are holy ♪
♪ Help me do ♪
♪ Your will ♪
♪ Oh, help us do ♪
♪ Your will ♪
[acoustic guitar music]