Tale of Tales (2015 film)

Tale of Tales
Theatrical release poster
ItalianIl racconto dei racconti
Directed byMatteo Garrone
Written by
Based onPentamerone
by Giambattista Basile
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyPeter Suschitzky
Edited byMarco Spoletini
Music byAlexandre Desplat
Production
companies
Distributed by
Release dates
  • 14 May 2015 (2015-05-14) (Cannes/Italy)
  • 1 July 2015 (2015-07-01) (France)
  • 1 July 2016 (2016-07-01) (UK)
Running time
134 minutes
Countries
  • Italy
  • France
  • United Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
Budget$14.5 million[2]
Box office$5.5 million[1][3]

For the 1979 animated Russian film, see Tale of Tales (1979 film).

Tale of Tales is a 2015 European 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).[4] 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.[5][6]

  1. ^ a b "Tale of Tales (2016)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 19 June 2017.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference vivarelli was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ "Tale of Tales Foreign Gross (2016)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 19 June 2017.
  4. ^ "Tale of Tales Movie Review". shockya.com. 13 May 2015.
  5. ^ "2015 Official Selection". Cannes. Retrieved 16 April 2015.
  6. ^ "Screenings Guide". Festival de Cannes. 6 May 2015. Retrieved 8 May 2015.