Arabian nights by Pier Paolo Pasolini

Arabian Nights by Pier Paolo Pasolini

1974 | Italian | Original title:  Il Fiore Delle Mille e Una Notte

The film is an adaptation of the ancient Arabic 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 locations – Yemen, Ethiopia, Iran and Nepal – form a rich, exotic backdrop to these tales of slaves and kings, potions, betrayals, demons and, most of all love and lovemaking in all its myriad forms. Engrossing, mysterious, profound and liberating, Arabian Nights is an exquisitely dreamlike, sensuous and adult interpretation of the original folk tales.

Pier Paolo Pasolini’s Arabian Nights Movie Stills

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