La Rabbia

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.

Main Cast

Giorgio Bassani

Poetry Narrator - Part One (voice)

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

Renato Guttuso

Prose Narrator - Part One (voice)

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

Gigi Artuso

Narrator - Part Two (voice)

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

Carlo Romano

Narrator - Part Two (voice)

Age : 67 | Popularity : 4%

Charles de Gaulle

Self (archive footage)

Age : 79 | Popularity : 7%

Dwight D. Eisenhower

Self (archive footage)

Age : 78 | Popularity : 7%

Yuri Gagarin

Self (archive footage)

Age : 34 | Popularity : 3%

Ava Gardner

Self (archive footage)

Age : 67 | Popularity : 11%

Crew

Department	Role	Name
Editing	Editor	Nino Baragli Pier Paolo Pasolini Mario Serandrei Giacinto Solito
	Assistant Editor	Sergio Montanari
Directing	Director	Pier Paolo Pasolini Giovannino Guareschi
	Assistant Director	Carlo Di Carlo Giacinto Solito
Writing	Writer	Pier Paolo Pasolini Giovannino Guareschi
Production	Producer	Gastone Ferranti
Department	Role	Name

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