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The Hawks and the Sparrows: Directed by Pier Paolo Pasolini. With Totò, Ninetto Davoli, Femi Benussi, Umberto Bevilacqua. Totò and his son Ninetto are drifting on a road in Italy when they meet a speaking crow.
- (5.7K)
- Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
- Pier Paolo Pasolini
- 1969-12-10
The Hawks and the Sparrows (Italian: Uccellacci e uccellini, literally "Birds of prey and Little Birds") is a 1966 Italian film directed by Pier Paolo Pasolini. It was entered into the 1966 Cannes Film Festival where a "Special Mention" was made of Totò, for his acting performance. [1]
Pier Paolo Pasolini’s “The Hawks and the Sparrows” is a whimsical fantasy about Christianity and Marxism; the question is left open as to whether Pasolini believes in either, or neither. Not that it matters much, Pasolini seems to say.
A comic Marxist fable that balances heady ideas about religion, poverty, and class struggle with irreverent slapstick sight gags, The Hawks and the Sparrows finds Pasolini at his lightest yet as stingingly subversive as ever.
- Innocent Totò/Brother Cicillo
A man (Totò) and his son (Davoli Ninetto) take an allegorical stroll through life with a talking bird that spouts social and political philosophy.
- (14)
- Totò
- Pier Paolo Pasolini
- Comedy
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The Hawks and the Sparrows (1966) NR 07/27/1967 (US) Comedy, Fantasy 1h 25m. User. Score. What's your Vibe? Play Trailer. An off-beat comedy about serious matters by PIER PAOLO PASOLINI. Overview. A man and his son take an allegorical stroll through life with a talking bird that spouts social and political philosophy. Reviews 1. Discussions 1.
