Hawks and Sparrows

IMDb link: 0061132
IMDb rating: 7.2 (6,278 votes)
Genres: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Director: Pier Paolo Pasolini
Cast: Ninetto Davoli, Femi Benussi, Toto, Umberto Bevilacqua and others

Release date: 10 Dec 1969
Release year: 1966
Runtime: 91 minutes
Country: Italy
Keywords: satire comedy, son, reference to karl marx, dance scene, following a bird, bird in title, woman on a stretcher, dancing in the street, european comedy, woman combs her hair

Plot:

An old man and his son are walking along the road when they suddenly meet a speaking crow that represents Marxist beliefs. They are soon taken back 750 years in time, changed into monks, and sent by St. Francis to convert the hawks and the sparrows to Christianity.

Back to card