The Hawks and the Sparrows

The Hawks and the Sparrows (Uccellacci e uccellini)
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Directed by	Pier Paolo Pasolini
Written by	Pier Paolo Pasolini
Produced by	Alfredo Bini
Starring	Totò Ninetto Davoli Femi Benussi
Cinematography	Mario Bernardo Tonino Delli Colli
Edited by	Nino Baragli
Music by	Ennio Morricone
Production company	Arco Film
Distributed by	CIDIF
Release date	4 May 1966 (1966-05-04)
Running time	88 minutes
Country	Italy
Language	Italian

The Hawks and the Sparrows (Italian: Uccellacci e uccellini, literally "Birds of prey 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 Totò, for his acting performance.^[1]

The film can be described as partially neorealist, and deals with Marxist concerns about poverty and class-conflict. It features the popular Italian comic-actor Totò accompanied on a journey by his son (played by Ninetto Davoli). This is the last film to star Totò before his untimely death of a heart attack in 1967.^[2]

In 2008, the film was included on the Italian Ministry of Cultural Heritage’s 100 Italian films to be saved, a list of 100 films that "have changed the collective memory of the country between 1942 and 1978."^[3]