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Developed by Osama Mohamed

1963

Documentary

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.

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Released

Country : IT

Original language : it

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| Movie Cast

Giorgio Bassani

Giorgio Bassani

Poetry Narrator - Part One (voice)

Renato Guttuso

Renato Guttuso

Prose Narrator - Part One (voice)

Carlo Romano

Carlo Romano

Narrator - Part Two (voice)

Charles de Gaulle

Charles de Gaulle

Self (archive footage)

Dwight D. Eisenhower

Dwight D. Eisenhower

Self (archive footage)

Yuri Gagarin

Yuri Gagarin

Self (archive footage)

Ava Gardner

Ava Gardner

Self (archive footage)

Nikita Khrushchev

Nikita Khrushchev

Self (archive footage)

Vladimir Lenin

Vladimir Lenin

Self (archive footage)

Sophia Loren

Sophia Loren

Self (archive footage)

Marilyn Monroe

Marilyn Monroe

Self (archive footage)

John XXIII.

John XXIII.

Self (archive footage)

Paul VI

Paul VI

Self (archive footage)

Pope Pius XII

Pope Pius XII

Self (archive footage)

Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh

Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh

Self (archive footage)

Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom

Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom

Self (archive footage)

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