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Tale of Tales (15)

Dir. Matteo Garrone, Italy, France, UK, 2015, 125 mins

Hailed as a masterpiece at Cannes 2015, Tale of Tales is a sumptuous, seductive and macabre re­telling of Giambattista Basile’s classic Italian fairy tales by renowned director Matteo Garrone (Gomorrah, Reality).

Comprising three wildly fantastical stories, including a queen who gives birth after eating a sea monster’s heart, an old peasant woman who finds youth after falling asleep in an enchanted forest and a proud king who raises a flea as his child, these are tales that your parents never dared tell you. Set in an epic landscape filled with a host of bizarre characters (played by a stunning ensemble cast of Salma Hayek, John C. Reilly, Vincent Cassel, Toby Jones and Stacy Martin), this outlandish, grotesque and beguiling fantasy world is like nothing you’ve seen before.

Beautifully shot, with a spine­tingling soundtrack by Oscar-­winning composer Alexandre Desplat (The Grand Budapest Hotel, Rust & Bone), Tale of Tales is a lavish production from the makers of High­-Rise and Sexy Beast. Deliciously dark, wickedly funny and outrageously entertaining, these adult ­only fairy tales are a breathtaking work of cinematic escapism.

‘Visually wonderful … Fabulous in every sense’ ?????
THE GUARDIAN

‘A wildly imaginative fairy tale fantasy’ ????
TOTAL FILM

‘A readymade cult item’ ????
THE TELEGRAPH

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Showing Times:

• Mon 25 Jul: 7.30pm
• Thu 28 Jul: 7.30pm
• Sat 30 Jul: 7.30pm

Venue: Exeter Phoenix