# The Hawks and the Sparrows (1966)

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**Original title**: *Uccellacci e uccellini*
**Runtime**: 90 min
**Genres**: Comedy, Fantasy
**Directed by**: Pier Paolo Pasolini
**Written by**: Pier Paolo Pasolini
**Starring**: Totò, Ninetto Davoli, Femi Benussi, Umberto Bevilacqua, Renato Capogna, Alfredo Leggi

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

## Synopsis (in-house rewrite)

A talking bird dispenses radical ideology while a father and son wander through Rome’s underbelly. What begins as a light ramble mutates into an unhinged parable on class and power. The bird’s monologues are entertaining until they’re just exhausting.

**Mood tags**: foreign-gem, playful, surreal, unhinged

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