Release Date
13 Apr, 1963
Runtime
01:44: (HH:MM)
Synopsis
Documentary footage (from the 1950s) and accompanying commentary to attempt to answer the existential question, Why are our lives characterized by discontent, anguish, and fear? The film is in two completely separate parts, and the directors of these respective sections, left-wing Pier Paolo Pasolini and conservative Giovanni Guareschi, offer the viewer contrasting analyses of and prescriptions for modern society. Part I, by Pasolini, is a denunciation of the offenses of Western culture, particularly those against colonized Africa. It is at the same time a chronicle of the liberation and independence of the former African colonies, portraying these peoples as the new protagonists of the world stage, holding up Marxism as their "salvation", and suggesting that their "innocent ferocity" will be the new religion of the era. Guareschi's part, by contrast, constitutes a defense of Western civilization and a word of hope, couched in traditional Christian terms, for man's future.
Original Title
La rabbia
Photos
Actors
Giorgio Bassani
Renato Guttuso
Carlo Romano
Charles de Gaulle
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Yuri Gagarin
Ava Gardner
Никита Хрущёв
Vladimir Lenin
Sophia Loren
Marilyn Monroe
Pope John XXIII
Pope Paul VI
Pope Pius XII
Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh
Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom
Crew
Pier Paolo Pasolini
Nino Baragli
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