| The Hawks and the Sparrows (Uccellacci e uccellini) | |
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| Directed by | Pier Paolo Pasolini |
| Written by | Pier Paolo Pasolini |
| Produced by | Alfredo Bini |
| Starring | Totò Ninetto Davoli Femi Benussi |
| Cinematography | Mario Bernardo Tonino Delli Colli |
| Edited by | Nino Baragli |
| Music by | Ennio Morricone |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | CIDIF |
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Running time | 88 minutes |
| Country | Italy |
| Language | Italian |
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, where a "Special Mention" was made of Totò, for his acting performance.[1]
The film can be described as partially neorealist, and deals with Marxist concerns about poverty and class-conflict. It features the popular Italian comic-actor Totò, accompanied on a journey by his son (played by Ninetto Davoli). This is the last film to star Totò before his untimely death of a heart attack in 1967.[2]
In 2008, the film was included on the Italian Ministry of Cultural Heritage's 100 Italian films to be saved, a list of 100 films that "have changed the collective memory of the country between 1942 and 1978".[3]
- ^ "TOTO". Festival de Cannes. Retrieved 11 June 2023.
- ^ "Uccellacci e uccellini(1966).I film di Totò al cinema". www.antoniodecurtis.com. Retrieved 11 June 2023.
- ^ "Ecco i cento film italiani da salvare Corriere della Sera". www.corriere.it. Retrieved 11 March 2021.