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The Canterbury Tales

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Original title: I racconti di Canterbury
Director: Pier Paolo Pasolini
Cast: Franco Citti Ninetto Davoli Laura Betti Pier Paolo Pasolini Hugh Griffith Alan Webb
Genre: Comedy Fantasy
Premiere: July 2, 1972
Running time: 110 min
Country: France Italy

The Canterbury Tales (Italian: I racconti di Canterbury) is a 1972 Italian medieval erotic black comedy anthology film directed by Pier Paolo Pasolini based on the medieval narrative poem by Geoffrey Chaucer. The second film in Pasolini's "Trilogy of Life", preceded by The Decameron and followed by Arabian Nights, it won the Golden Bear at the 22nd Berlin International Film Festival.

With the "Trilogy of Life", Pasolini sought to adapt vibrant, erotic tales from classical literature. With The Decameron, Pasolini adapted an important work from the early era of the Italian language. With The Canterbury Tales, he set his sights to the earthy and bawdy Middle English tales of Chaucer.

Pasolini considered the film to be among his most "ideological".

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The Canterbury Tales is a movie (1972) from France and Italy. Genre: comedy, fantasy. Directed by Pier Paolo Pasolini. Starring Franco Citti, Ninetto Davoli, Laura Betti, Pier Paolo Pasolini and Hugh Griffith. Running time: 110 min. Rating: 6.0/10.

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