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Il racconto dei racconti = tale of tales /

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The film serves as Garrone's English-language debut and interweaves three separate story strands bookended by brief bits in which Italians Alba Rohrwacher and Massimo Ceccherini play a street circus family. In one tale Salma Hayek plays a jealous queen who forfeits her husband's life. In a...

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Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Il racconto dei racconti (Motion picture : 2015)
Main Author: Basile, Giambattista, approximately 1575-1632 (Author)
Other Authors: Garrone, Matteo, 1968- (Screenwriter), Albinati, Edoardo (Screenwriter), Chiti, Ugo, 1943- (Screenwriter), Gaudioso, Massimo, 1958- (Screenwriter), Hayek, Salma, 1966- (Actor), Cassel, Vincent, 1966- (Actor), Jones, Toby, 1966- (Actor), Reilly, John C., 1965- (Actor)
Format: Video DVD
Language:Italian
English
Language Notes:In English (Dolby digital 5.1) or dubbed Italian (Dolby digital 5.1) with optional Italian or English subtitles.
Published: Italy : 01 Distribution, 2015.
Subjects:
Fairy tales > Drama.
Foreign films.
Horror films.
Fantasy films.
Fiction films.
Feature films.
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Summary:The film serves as Garrone's English-language debut and interweaves three separate story strands bookended by brief bits in which Italians Alba Rohrwacher and Massimo Ceccherini play a street circus family. In one tale Salma Hayek plays a jealous queen who forfeits her husband's life. In another, Vincent Cassel plays a king whose passion is stoked by two mysterious sisters.
Item Description:Based on the book "Lo cunto de li cunti overo lo trattenemiento de peccerille" by Giambattista Basile.
Physical Description:1 videodisc (128 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Format:DVD video, Dolby digital 5.1, surround, PAL, Region 2, wide screen
Production Credits:Screenplay: Edoardo Albinati, Ugo Chiti, Matteo Garrone, Massimo Gaudioso.