Sea monsters, monarchs, ogres and sorcerers. Salma Hayek and John C. Reilly star in this breathtaking Baroque fantasy from the visionary writer/director Matteo Garrone.
TALE OF TALES is based on three spellbinding stories of magic and the macabre by 17th-century folklorist Giambattista Basile. It unleashes a barrage of mind-bogglingly gorgeous and fantastical imagery as it brings to life the (mis)adventures of three kings. In the kingdom of Darkwood, the King (John C. Reilly) and his Queen (Salma Hayek) attempt to conceive a child through very unusual means. Meanwhile, in Highhills, the none-too-bright monarch (Toby Jones) marries off his daughter to brutal ogre while developing a strange obsession with breeding a giant flea. The sex-obsessed crown of Strongcliff (Vincent Cassel) is in for a shock when the woman he falls in love with is not quite what she seems. This intoxicating cinematic spectacle is full of surreal surprises, and a journey into the dark heart of fairy tales.
Directed by Matteo Garrone and written by Garrone, Edoardo Albinati, Ugo Chiti and Massimo Gaudioso, and based on the work of Giambattista Basile, TALE OF TALES stars Salma Hayek, John C. Reilly, Toby Jones, Vincent Cassel and Shirley Henderson.
Now available exclusively on DIRECTV. In Theatres April 22nd.
