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The Hawks and the Sparrows

1966 1h 30m
Comedy Fantasy
MOVIEVIBE Rating
7.2/10
375 reviews
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The Hawks and the Sparrows

A man and his son take an allegorical stroll through life with a talking bird that spouts social and political philosophy.

"An off-beat comedy about serious matters by PIER PAOLO PASOLINI."

Top Billed Cast

Totò
Totò
Totò Innocenti / Frate Cicillo
Ninetto Davoli
Ninetto Davoli
Ninetto Innocenti / Frate Ninetto
Femi Benussi
Femi Benussi
Luna
Umberto Bevilacqua
Umberto Bevilacqua
Incensurato
Renato Capogna
Renato Capogna
Mascalzone
Alfredo Leggi
Alfredo Leggi
Mascalzone
Renato Montalbano
Renato Montalbano
San Francesco
Flaminia Siciliano
Flaminia Siciliano
Mascalzone

Detailed Critic & Audience Reviews

A Aqueronte72 Verified TMDB Critic
2022-04-06

> Fascinating neorealist-surrealist tableau of the daily life of Ninetto and his father Toto Innocenti (the holy Ciccillio), who, suddenly, in the mezzo del camminin...and with a raven -son of Mr. Duda and Mrs. Conciencia- instead of Virgilio, a charming and cynical crow due to its resemblance to the Nescio of Erasmus of Rotterdam, undertake a spiritual and metaphysical "crusade", in the manner of fables, to tame and reconcile the hawks and sparrows in God's plan; this is my favorite Pasolini and not the exegetical and historical one; the Pasolini that allegorizes with his own message and from...