The Canterbury Tales
Pier Paolo Pasolini
Hugh Griffiths, Laura Betti, Ninetto Davoli, Franco Citti, Josephine Chaplin, Alan Webb, Pier Paolo Pasolini, J.P. Van Dyne, Vernon Dobcheff, Adrian Street, Orla Pederson, Drake Deddeman, Nicholas Smith, George Bethell Datch, Dan Thomas, Michael Balfe, Jenny Runacre, Settimio Castellini, Tom Baker, Willoughby Goddard, Peter Stephens, Elizabeth Ginoveris, Tiziano Longo, Robin Askwith, John Mack
1972
Italy, France
Completed
Italian, English
111 minutes
Detailed introduction
This film (drama)Also known asI racconti di Canterbury，is aItaly, FranceProducerwomen sex，At1972Released in year
。The dialogue language isItalian, English，Current Douban rating7.3(For reference only)。
This film is adapted from the literary work "The Canterbury Tales." It selects eight stories from the many independent short tales in the original work, reflecting the diverse social conditions of medieval England through a brief, stark, and explicit narrative style. This film emphasizes sexuality as a weapon to resist religious constraints and fight for human freedom, realistically portraying a variety of characters: the extravagant lord, the petty informant and extortionist, the student who feigns mystique to seduce the neighbor's wife, the scandalous and debauched female landlord, and the small rogues living at the bottom of society, among others. Directed by the renowned Italian filmmaker Pier Paolo Pasolini, "The Canterbury Tales" is adapted from the eponymous poetic novel by the 14th-century English poet Geoffrey Chaucer. Pasolini himself plays Chaucer in the film. This film is the second part of Pasolini's "Trilogy of Life," with the other two parts being "The Decameron" and "One Thousand and One Nights." The film won the Golden Bear at the 22nd Berlin International Film Festival in 1972.