A beautiful smiling guy's walking on the streets of a city, bringing with him a large paper poppy. The boy is the goodness and innocence of youth, which is soon cut short by human wickedness.
Directed by Pier Paolo Pasolini
Letterboxd
3.5 / 5
Cast
Ninetto Davoli
Riccetto
Aldo Puglisi
Dio (voice)
Crew
Pier Paolo Pasolini
Director
Pier Paolo Pasolini
Screenplay
Nino Baragli
Editor
Maurizio Ponzi
Assistant Director
Popular Reviews
5 reviews
Ayeshoo
Ignorance is bliss. But ignorance – wilful ignorance – is also cowardice. Always cowardice. Narcissistic cowardice.
This reminded me of when Bong Joon Ho said, "Essentially, we all live in the same country... called capitalism," and of Behind the Wall by Tracy Chapman – which played in my head for the length of this short film... Though there are likely more fitting Tracy Chapman songs out there (*Dreaming on a World... Why?... All That You Have Is Your Soul...)*
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“Love is hate / War is peace / No is yes / We're all free” – Why? by Tracy Chapman
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"Riccetto, Riccetto, listen to me... Can you hear me? Can you hear me? Listen, Riccetto, this is God talking. God, God!"
"Don't you understand, Riccetto, God's talking to you."
"Will you listen to me now?"
"No."
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"But I who am your God, order you to know and to want."
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Love you and miss you, PPP 💐🌷🌺🌻🪻🌹🌸
Ignorance is bliss. But ignorance – wilful ignorance – is also cowardice. Always cowardice. Narcissistic cowardice.
This reminded me of when Bong Joon Ho said, "Essentially, we all live in the same country... called capitalism," and of Behind the Wall by Tracy Chapman – which played in my head for the length of this short film... Though there are likely more fitting Tracy Chapman songs out there (*Dreaming on a World... Why?... All That You Have Is Your Soul...)*
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“Love is hate / War is peace / No is yes / We're all free” – Why? by Tracy Chapman
𐫱
"Riccetto, Riccetto, listen to me... Can you hear me? Can you hear me? Listen, Riccetto, this is God talking. God, God!"
"Don't you understand, Riccetto, God's talking to you."
"Will you listen to me now?"
"No."
*
"But I who am your God, order you to know and to want."
