TALE OF TALES

thetaleoftales-xlarge

Original title: Il racconto dei racconti
Nationality: Italy, France, UK
Production: Archimede, Le Pacte, Rai Cinema, Hanway
Director: Matteo Garrone
Script: Matteo Garrone, Edoardo Albinati, Ugo Chiti, Massimo Gaudioso (Libro: Giambattista Basile)
Cinematography: Peter Suschitzky
Music: Alexandre Desplat
Editing: Marco Spoletini
Cast: Salma Hayek, Vincent Cassel, Toby Jones, John C. Reilly, Alba Rohrwacher
Runtime: 125 minutes
Year of production: 2015
VOSE

Once upon a time there were three neighboring kingdoms each with a magnificent castle, from which ruled kings and queens, princes and princesses. One king was a fornicating libertine, another captivated by a strange animal, while one of the queens was obsessed by her wish for a child. Sorcerers and fairies, fearsome monsters, ogres and old washerwomen, acrobats and courtesans are the protagonists of this loose interpretation of the celebrated tales of Giambattista Basile.