Bibliograph

Tale of tales, Director Matteo Garrone ; screenplay Edoardo Albinati, Ugo Chiti, Matteo Garrone, Massimo Gaudioso

Type

Label

Tale of tales, Director Matteo Garrone ; screenplay Edoardo Albinati, Ugo Chiti, Matteo Garrone, Massimo Gaudioso

Language

eng

Characteristic

videorecording

Intended audience

Canadian Home Video Rating: 14A

Main title

Tale of tales

Medium

videorecording

Responsibility statement

Director Matteo Garrone ; screenplay Edoardo Albinati, Ugo Chiti, Matteo Garrone, Massimo Gaudioso

Runtime

133

Summary

Based on three spellbinding stories of magic and the macabre by 17th-century folklorist Giambattista Basile, Tale of Tales unleashes a barrage of mind-bogglingly gorgeous and fantastical imagery as it brings to life the misadventures of three kings. In the kingdom of Longtrellis, the King (John C. Reilly) and his Queen (Salma Hayek) attempt to conceive a child through very unusual means. Meanwhile, in Highhills, the none-too-bright monarch (Toby Jones) marries his daughter off to a brutal ogre while developing a strange obsession with breeding a giant flea. At the same time, the sex-obsessed ruler of Strongcliff (Vincent Cassel) is in for a shock when the woman with whom he falls in love is not quite what she seems. Overflowing with surreal, dazzling surprises, this intoxicating cinematic spectacle is a delirious excursion into the dark heart of fairy tales

Target audience

general

Technique

animation

Classification