TALE OF TALES

Royalty three

Jordan Farley

RELEASED 17 JUNE 15 | 134 minutes Director Matteo Garrone Cast Salma Hayek, Vincent Cassel, Toby Jones, John C Reilly The last thing anyone expected from Matteo Garrone, director of gritty drama Gomorrah, was a twisted fairytale featuring sea monsters, giant fleas and a hula-hooping bear. Loosely based on the works of 17th century poet Giambattista Basile, this portmanteau film interweaves the fantastical stories of three kings and their respective kingdoms. In Selvascura, Salma Hayek’s barren queen sends her husband on a mission to magically grant her a child; in Roccaforte, Vincent Cassel’s Casanova king unwittingly courts a crone; and in Altomonte, Toby Jones’s monarch raises a strange pet flea, while daughter Viola (Bebe Cave) demands to be married off to a courageous suitor. Basile was hugely influential in shaping…

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