Tale of Tales (2015)
- Original title
- Il racconto dei racconti
- Directed by
- Matteo Garrone
- Genre
- horror film, romance film, cinematic fairy tale, speculative fiction film
- Country
- United Kingdom, France, Italy
- Runtime
- 2h 14m
- Rated
- R
- Rating
- 6.4 of 10 from 1,744 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
Three interconnected stories from an Italian fairy tale collection follow kings, queens, and magical creatures. A ruler is desperate for a child, a king is obsessed with a flea, and a queen makes a deal with an ogre.
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What happens
Tale of Tales is a 2015 fantasy horror film co-written, directed and co-produced by Matteo Garrone and starring Salma Hayek, Vincent Cassel, Toby Jones, and John C. Reilly. It is based on a collection of fairy tales by Italian poet Giambattista Basile, titled Pentamerone. The three main tales that inspired the film are La Cerva Fatata (The Enchanted Doe), La Pulce (The Flea), La Vecchia Scorticata (The Flayed Old Lady). An Italian-led production with co-producers in France and the United Kingdom, Tale of Tales is Garrone's only English-language film. It competed for the Palme d'Or at the 2015 Cannes Film Festival. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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