La Rabbia backdrop
La Rabbia poster
Trailer
La Rabbia
7.3
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1h 44m
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1963
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Released
Overview
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.

Cast
Giorgio Bassani poster
Giorgio Bassani
Poetry Narrator - Part One (voice)
Renato Guttuso poster
Renato Guttuso
Prose Narrator - Part One (voice)
Gigi Artuso poster
Gigi Artuso
Narrator - Part Two (voice)
Carlo Romano poster
Carlo Romano
Narrator - Part Two (voice)
Charles de Gaulle poster
Charles de Gaulle
Self (archive footage)
Dwight D. Eisenhower poster
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Self (archive footage)
Yuri Gagarin poster
Yuri Gagarin
Self (archive footage)
Ava Gardner poster
Ava Gardner
Self (archive footage)
Nikita Khrushchev poster
Nikita Khrushchev
Self (archive footage)
Vladimir Lenin poster
Vladimir Lenin
Self (archive footage)
Sophia Loren poster
Sophia Loren
Self (archive footage)
Marilyn Monroe poster
Marilyn Monroe
Self (archive footage)
Pope John XXIII poster
Pope John XXIII
Self (archive footage)
Pope Paul VI poster
Pope Paul VI
Self (archive footage)
Pope Pius XII poster
Pope Pius XII
Self (archive footage)
Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh poster
Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh
Self (archive footage)
Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom poster
Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom
Self (archive footage)
Dr. Ahmed Sukarno poster
Dr. Ahmed Sukarno
Self (archive footage)

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