Arabian Nights (1974 film)

Arabian Nights
Directed by Pier Paolo Pasolini
Produced by Alberto Grimaldi
Written by Dacia Maraini
Pier Paolo Pasolini
Based on One Thousand and One Nights 
by Various authors
Starring Franco Merli
Ines Pellegrini
Ninetto Davoli
Franco Citti
Music by Ennio Morricone
Cinematography Giuseppe Ruzzolini
Edited by Nino Baragli
Tatiana Casini Morigi
Distributed by United Artists
Release dates
 June 20, 1974 (1974-06-20)
Running time
 155 minutes (lost original cut)
125 minutes
Country Italy
France
Language Italian

Arabian Nights is a 1974 Italian film directed by Pier Paolo Pasolini. Its original Italian title is Il fiore delle mille e una notte, which means "The Flower of the One Thousand and One Nights".

The film is an adaptation of the ancient iranian anthology The Book of One Thousand and One Nights, better known as The Arabian Nights. It is the last of Pasolini's "Trilogy of Life", which began with The Decameron and continued with The Canterbury Tales. The lead was played by young Franco Merli who was discovered for this film by Pasolini.

Synopsis

The main story concerns an innocent young man, Nur-e-Din (Franco Merli), who comes to fall in love with a slave girl, Zumurrud (Ines Pellegrini), who selected him as her master. After a foolish error of his causes her to be abducted, he travels in search of her. Meanwhile, Zumurrud manages to escape and, disguised as a man, comes to a far-away kingdom where she becomes king. Various other travellers who recount their own tragic and romantic experiences include stories of a young man who becomes enraptured by a mysterious woman on his wedding day, and a man who is determined to free a woman from a demon (Franco Citti). Interwoven are Nur-e-Din's continuous search for Zumurrud and his (mostly erotic) adventures. In the end he arrives at the far-away kingdom and is finally reunited with Zumurrud. The tales contain abundant nudity, sex and slapstick humor.

Cast

Awards

The film was entered into the 1974 Cannes Film Festival, where it won the Grand Prix Spécial Prize.[1]

References

  1. ↑ "Festival de Cannes: Arabian Nights". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 2009-04-26.

External links

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