La Rabbia (1963)

  • T
  • 04/13/1963 (IT)
  • Documentary
  • 1h 44m

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.

Pier Paolo Pasolini

Writer, Director

Giovannino Guareschi

Director, Writer

Cast

Giorgio Bassani's headshot

Giorgio Bassani

Poetry Narrator - Part One (voice)
Renato Guttuso's headshot

Renato Guttuso

Prose Narrator - Part One (voice)
Gigi Artuso's headshot

Gigi Artuso

Narrator - Part Two (voice)
Carlo Romano's headshot

Carlo Romano

Narrator - Part Two (voice)
Charles de Gaulle's headshot

Charles de Gaulle

Self (archive footage)
Dwight D. Eisenhower's headshot

Dwight D. Eisenhower

Self (archive footage)
Yuri Gagarin's headshot

Yuri Gagarin

Self (archive footage)
Ava Gardner's headshot

Ava Gardner

Self (archive footage)

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