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Mood:
- CleverOffbeatWittyBitingContemplativeHumorousThought ProvokingCynical
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Plot:
- PoliticsParents and ChildrenReligions or CultsSocietyFamily RelationsClergyIdealismState Affairs
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Genres:
- ComedyForeign
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Time/Period:
- 60s
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Place:
- EuropeItalyRome
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Praise:
- Award WinnerCritically Acclaimed
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Humor:
- SatireIrreverent Humor
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Style:
- On the RoadTalkySurreal
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Based on:
- Based on Book
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Attitudes:
- Semi SeriousSemi FantasticSlow
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Look:
- B&W
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Flag:
- Mild Violent Content
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The Hawks and the Sparrows, 1966
Italian
Italy
Profile of The Hawks and the Sparrows
The mood of The Hawks and the Sparrows is biting, clever, and witty. The plot centers around religions or cults, politics, and parents and children. It features satire and irreverent humor. The Hawks and the Sparrows is a foreign and comedy movie. Stylistically, it has a road movie structure, is talky, and is surreal. The pacing is slow. The Hawks and the Sparrows is set in Rome. It happens in the 1960s. Visually, it is black and white. The Hawks and the Sparrows is based on a book. The movie is known for being an award winner and critically acclaimed. Note that it includes mild violent content.
Summary of The Hawks and the Sparrows
Pasolini's fanciful, philosophical fable about a father (Italian clown Toto) and son (Nino Davoli) whose encounter with a talking crow catapults them along a satirical journey of knowledge about the two pillars of modern Italian life--the Church and Marxism.
Details
| Language: | Italian |
| Country: | Italy |
| Release date: | 27 July 1967 |
| Runtime: | 89 min |
Cast and Crew
as Innocenti Totò / Brother Cicillo
as Innocenti Ninetto / Brother Ninetto
as Luna
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Users Reviews
- 28.March.2010
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- by: barak gilon
- barak gilon rated this movie
8/10Great
