The Hawks and the Sparrows

The Hawks and the Sparrows (Italian: Uccellacci e uccellini) is a 1966 Italian film directed by Pier Paolo Pasolini. It was entered into the 1966 Cannes Film Festival. The movie is a post-neorealist story about Totò, the beloved stone-faced clown of Italian folk-stories. Totò and his son Ninetto, roam the neighbourhood and the countryside of Rome. During their walk they meet a talking crow, who, as seen on the intertitles, "Per chi avesse dei dub... more

The Hawks and the Sparrows (Italian: Uccellacci e uccellini) is a 1966 Italian film directed by Pier Paolo Pasolini. It was entered into the 1966 Cannes Film Festival. The movie is a post-neorealist story about Totò, the beloved stone-faced clown of Italian folk-stories. Totò and his son Ninetto, roam the neighbourhood and the countryside of Rome. During their walk they meet a talking crow, who, as seen on the intertitles, "Per chi avesse dei dubbi o si fosse distratto, ricordiamo che il Corvo è un intellettuale di sinistra -diciamo così- di prima della morte di Palmiro Togliatti" ("For the benefit of those who were not paying attention or are in doubt, we remind that the Crow is a -to so call it- left-wing intellectual of the kind of those living before Palmiro Togliatti's death"). The Crow tells them the tale of Ciccillo and Ninetto (still played by Totò and Ninetto), two franciscan friars, who were bid by San Francesco to preach to the hawks and the sparrows. They were successful... less