Comedy / Historical / Parable
Italy,
1966, 88 min
Directed by:
Pier Paolo PasoliniCinematography:
Tonino Delli ColliComposer:
Ennio MorriconeCast:
Totò, Ninetto Davoli, Femi Benussi, Rossana Di Rocco, Renato Montalbano, Giovanni Tarallo, Domenico Modugno, Cesare Gelli, Alfredo LeggiPlots(1)
THE HAWKS AND THE SPARROWS, a wild comic fable, stars the beloved stone faced clown Toto as an Italian everyman, and Ninetto Davoli as his good natured but empty headed son. Pasolini uses a comic crow, which philosophizes amusingly and pointedly about the passing scene, as a counterpoint to the performers, representing humanity, as they progress down the road of life. Pasolini presents a tragic fable which shows two delightful innocents caught, like many Italians, between the Church and Marxism. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Awards
- Winner
- Nominations
Cannes Film Festival
- 1966 - Pier Paolo Pasolini (Grand Prix International du Festival (1964-1974))