The Hawks and the Sparrows

The Hawks and the Sparrows Italian Uccellacci e uccellini , literally Ugly Birds and Little Birds 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 Tot, for his acting performance.

Tot and his son Ninetto roam the neighbourhood and the countryside of Rome. During the walk they observe a body being removed from a house following a murder. They next encounter a talking crow, who, described on the intertitles as, For the benefit of those who were not paying attention or are in doubt, we remind you that the Crow is as you say a leftwing intellectual of the kind found living before Palmiro Togliattis death.The Crow subsequently recounts the tale of Fra Ciccillo and Fra Ninetto still played by Tot and Ninetto, two Franciscan friars, who are bid by St. Francis to preach the Gospel to the hawks and the sparrows. After many months, they succeeded in preaching the commandment of love unto the species separately, but are not able to get them to love each other. The sparrowhawks continue to kill and eat the sparrows, as its in their nature. ........

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