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Bookmark this pageThe Canterbury Tales (1971)
Director: Pier Paolo Pasolini
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From Time Out Film Guide
Like The Decameron, a broad canvas on which is writ large and bawdy the life of the people. We are again plummeted into a world of lecherous ladies, ugly old husbands, willing and ready pages, ending with a superb final fling in a gaudy red Sicilian hell, accompanied by a salvo of farts. As usual Pasolini creates visual magic where other directors would never see beyond the banal, and the humour is as rich as ever; but there is a distinct feeling of strain, not to say waste, about this film. The best tales are of course the blacker ones: Franco Citti as the Devil, in the Friar's tale, blackmailing sexual offenders; or the Steward's tale, a neat variation on one of the hoariest sex gags around.Author:
Cast & crew
Director: Pier Paolo Pasolini
Producer: Alberto Grimaldi
Cast: Pier Paolo Pasolini, Laura Betti, Franco Citti, Ninetto Davoli, Hugh Griffith, Derek Deadman, Jenny Runacre full cast
Genre(s): Period/Swashbucklers
Duration: 109 mins
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