1963 • NR • 1h 44m
7.3/10
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Documentary footage (from the 1950s) and accompanying commentary to attempt to answer the existentia 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.
7.3/10
(23 users) Cast / Crew 
Giorgio Bassani Poetry Narrator - Part One (voice) 
Renato Guttuso Prose Narrator - Part One (voice) 
Gigi Artuso Narrator - Part Two (voice) 
Carlo Romano Narrator - Part Two (voice) 
Charles de Gaulle Self (archive footage) 
Dwight D. Eisenhower Self (archive footage) 
Yuri Gagarin Self (archive footage) 
Ava Gardner Self (archive footage) 
Nikita Khrushchev Self (archive footage) 
Vladimir Lenin Self (archive footage) 
Sophia Loren Self (archive footage) 
Marilyn Monroe Self (archive footage) 
Pope John XXIII Self (archive footage) 
Pope Paul VI Self (archive footage) 
Pope Pius XII Self (archive footage) Carlo Di Carlo Assistant Director Sergio Montanari Assistant Editor Giacinto Solito Assistant Director 
Pier Paolo Pasolini Writer Pier Paolo Pasolini Director Giovannino Guareschi Director Giovannino Guareschi Writer Gastone Ferranti Producer Giacinto Solito Editor Pier Paolo Pasolini Editor 
Nino Baragli Editor Mario Serandrei Editor
Giorgio Bassani Poetry Narrator - Part One (voice) Renato Guttuso Prose Narrator - Part One (voice) Gigi Artuso Narrator - Part Two (voice) Carlo Romano Narrator - Part Two (voice) Charles de Gaulle Self (archive footage) Dwight D. Eisenhower Self (archive footage) Yuri Gagarin Self (archive footage) Ava Gardner Self (archive footage) Nikita Khrushchev Self (archive footage) Vladimir Lenin Self (archive footage) Sophia Loren Self (archive footage) Marilyn Monroe Self (archive footage) Pope John XXIII Self (archive footage) Pope Paul VI Self (archive footage) Pope Pius XII Self (archive footage) Carlo Di Carlo Assistant Director Sergio Montanari Assistant Editor Giacinto Solito Assistant Director Pier Paolo Pasolini Writer Pier Paolo Pasolini Director Giovannino Guareschi Director Giovannino Guareschi Writer Gastone Ferranti Producer Giacinto Solito Editor Pier Paolo Pasolini Editor Nino Baragli Editor Mario Serandrei Editor
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