Tale of Tales
Matteo Garrone's colorful and kinky exploration of what women want. And what men will do to give it to them.
Tale of Tales
Sea monsters, monarchs, ogres, and sorcerers: Salma Hayek and John C. Reilly star in this breathtaking baroque fantasy from the visionary director of Gomorrah. 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 (mis)adventures of three kings: in the kingdom of Darkwood, the King (Reilly) and his Queen (Hayek) attempt to conceive a child through very unusual means; meanwhile, in Highhills, the none-too-bright monarch (Toby Jones) marries off his daughter to abrutal ogre while developing a strange obsession with breeding a giant flea; and the sex-obsessed crown of Strongcliff (Vincent Cassel) is in for a shock when the woman he falls in love with 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.
Genre
Fantasy,
Horror,
Romance
Runtime
133
Language
English
Director
Matteo Garrone
Cast
Salma Hayek,
Toby Jones
Awards:
Nominee, Palme d’Or, Cannes Film Festival
FEATURED REVIEW
Sasha Stone, The Wrap
Fairy tales used to be cautionary for children: Don’t grow up to be terrible people or terrible things will happen to you. Our modern animated films dance around this same idea, but the heroes are never treated to deserved schadenfreude because we can’t write American happiness that way. The boy has ...
Played at
Monica Film Center 4.29.16 - 5.05.16
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