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Director: Pier Paolo Pasolini
Movie review
From Time Out Film Guide
If The Decameron represented an intense vision behind its humourous facade, and The Canterbury Tales - the trilogy's weak point - a loss of ground amid a welter of sexual exhibitionism, the Arabian Nights emerges as a wonderfully relaxed and open puzzle of interlinked tales dedicated to the multiplicity of truth. It yields an engrossing array of mysterious, profound and liberating moments. The tales revolve around slaves and kings, demons, love, betrayal, loss and atonement. Zumurrud (Pellegrina), a slave turned monarch, after her 'drag' wedding, amid delightfully conspiratorial laughter, reveals her true sexual identity to her diminutive (and equally delighted) bride. Shot on location in North Africa, the film has rarely been seen in Britain after its release in 1975 by United Artists - in an insanely dubbed version, ludicrously cut by the censor.Author: VG
Cast & crew
Director: Pier Paolo Pasolini
Producer: Alberto Grimaldi
Cast: Ninetto Davoli, Ines Pellegrina, Franco Citti full cast
Genre(s): Fantasy
Duration: 130 mins
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