directed by Pier Paolo Pasolini
Pier Paolo Pasolini: 40th Anniversary
The Hawks and the Sparrows, a wildly comic fable, stars the beloved stone faced clown Toto as an Italian
everyman, and Ninetto Davoli as his good-natured but empty headed son. Pasolini
uses a comic crow, which philosophizes amusingly and pointedly about the
passing scene as a counterpoint to the performers, representing humanity, as
they progress down the road of life. This tragic fable is a delight that
captures the peril of two innocents caught in the paradox of Italian life
between the Church and the State.