''Pigs Have Wings'' ( it, Porci con le ali) is a 1977 Italian

drama film In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. Drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular super-g ...

directed by

Paolo Pietrangeli Paolo Pietrangeli (29 April 1945 – 22 November 2021) was an Italian singer-songwriter, film director and screenwriter. He directed six films between 1975 and 2001. His 1977 film ''Pigs Have Wings (film), Pigs Have Wings'' was entered into the ...

and based on the book of the same name by

Lidia Ravera Lidia Ravera (born 6 February 1951 in Turin, Piedmont) is an Italian writer, journalist, essayist and screenwriter. Ravera has been a regular contributor to the italian edition of ''Cosmopolitan''. Her most popular novel, ''Porci con le ali'' ("''W ...

and . It was entered into the

27th Berlin International Film Festival The 27th annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from 24 June – 5 July 1977. The festival opened with ''Nickelodeon'' by Peter Bogdanovich. The Golden Bear was awarded to the Soviet Union film '' The Ascent'' directed by Larisa Shep ...

Cast

* Franco Bianchi as Rocco *

Lou Castel Lou Castel (born Ulv Quarzell; 28 May 1943) is a Swedish actor who became known through his work in Italian films. Life and career The son of a Swedish father and an Irish mother, Castel was born Ulv Quarzell in Bogotá, Colombia, where his fa ...

as Marcello * Benedetta Fantoli * Susanna Javicoli as Carla, Marcello's wife * Marco Lucantoni * Cristiana Mancinelli as Antonia * Anna Nogara

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* 1977 films 1970s Italian-language films 1977 drama films Films set in Rome Films directed by Paolo Pietrangeli Italian LGBT-related films 1970s Italian films {{1970s-Italy-film-stub