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I RACCONTI DI CANTERBURY

THE CANTERBURY TALES
by Pier Paolo Pasolini
Country: Italy
Year: 1972
Duration: 111'


On the way to Canterbury, Geoffrey Chaucer (played by Pasolini himself) entertains the other pilgrims on their way to the tomb of Saint Thomas Beckett with a series of licentious and salacious tales. The second chapter of the "Trilogy of life", taken from the homonymous founding text of British literature, continues in Pasolini's reconstruction of the fourteenth-century Middle Ages: the scenario changes but not the deliberately provocative representation of a hilarious, grasping and lewd humanity. Here and there, however, a gloomy melancholy previously absent peeps out. Golden Bear in Berlin.

Biography

film director

Pier Paolo Pasolini

One of the most controversial intellectuals of the post-World War II period, Pier Paolo Pasolini (1922 – 1975) left an enormous imprint on the culture of our country, of which has been subtle critic and unstoppable flogger. Writer, poet, essayist, as a director he has experimented with languages and styles, proving to be a unique voice in the world film scene and giving us masterpieces such as Accattone (1961), Mamma Roma (1962), The Gospel According to St. Matthew (1964), Theorem (1968), Salò, or the 120 days of Sodom (1975).

Cast

& Credits

Sceneggiatura/Screenplay Pier Paolo Pasolini
Montaggio/Editing Nino Baragli
Fotografia/Photography Tonino Delli Colli
Scenografia/Production Design Dante Ferretti
Suono/Sound Luciano Anzellotti, Gianni D'Amico, Primiano Muratori, Luciano Muratori
Musica/Music Pier Paolo Pasolini, Ennio Morricone
Interpreti/Cast Hugh Griffith, Laura Betti, Ninetto Davoli, Franco Citti, Josephine Chaplin, Alan Webb, Pier Paolo Pasolini
Produttore/Producer Alberto Grimaldi
Produzione/Production PEA Produzioni Europee Associate S.a.s.
Distribuzione/Distribution Cineteca di Bologna
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