The Face and the Threshold Francis: A Cinematic Genealogy of the Sacred

Film Title

Uccellacci e uccellini

 

English Title

The Hawks and the Sparrows

 

Director

Pier Paolo Pasolini

 

Synopsis

The picaresque journey of a father and son, accompanied by a talking crow, along the roads of Italy during the economic boom and the New Prehistory. They encounter itinerant artists who swindle, engineers who own land, impoverished farmers, prosperous prostitutes, and Dante-inspired dentists. Pasolini recounts the crisis of Marxist ideology in a fairytale style and highlights the aggressiveness and lunar sweetness of Totò's mask. (Text by Roberto Chiesi)

 

Production Year

1966

 

Production Country

Italy

 

Running Time

1h26

 

Cast

Totò, Ninetto Davoli, Francesco Leonetti, Femi Benussi

 

Language / Subtitles

In Italian with English subtitles

 

Festivals/Awards

Best Actor - Golden Globes, Italy 1967

Best Actor, Best Original Story - Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists 1967

 

Restored by Fondazione Cineteca di Bologna, in collaboration with Compass Film and Istituto Luce Cinecittà. With the contribution of Ministero della Cultura

Organized by IIC Beirut and Ambasciata d'Italia in collaboration with Metropolis Cinema