Hawks and Sparrows

One of the handful of films that found Pier Paolo Pasolini sustaining a merrier mode of cultural assault, Hawks and Sparrows [Uccellacci e uccellini] features Italy's popular comic actor Toto (known to cinephiles as the star of Roberto Rossellini's Dove la liberta...?) and Pasolini regular Ninetto Davoli in a picaresque fable that lampoons politics, religion, and the legacy of neorealism.

A crow gifted with the power of speech accompanies wandering duo Toto and Ninetto on a trail that leads to their roles as Franciscan friars who preach to the literal "hawks and sparrows", before returning in time to gaze upon slum-dwellers, Danteist dentists, itinerant actor-hippies, and, ultimately, the state of the modern world.

Special Features:

• High-definition Transfer with Original Aspect Ratio
• Original Italian Theatrical Trailer
• English Subtitles
• Illustrated Booklet featuring Archival Imagery and the Words of Pasolini