Tale of Tales

May 14, 2015

2h 14m

★ 6.4

Desire. Envy. Obsession.

Overview

The Queen of Selvascura risks everything to be a mother; the King of Roccaforte falls in love with the voice of a mysterious girl; the King of Altomonte becomes obsessed with a flea and neglects his daughter.

Genres

Romance

Fantasy

Horror

Production Companies

Archimede

Le Pacte

HanWay Films

New Sparta Films

Recorded Picture Company

RAI

Tale of Tales Trailers

Cast

Queen of Longtrellis

Salma Hayek Pinault

King of Strongcliff

Vincent Cassel

King of Highhills

Toby Jones

Imma

Shirley Henderson

Dora

Hayley Carmichael

Violet

Bebe Cave

Young Dora

Stacy Martin

Elias

Christian Lees

Jonah

Jonah Lees

Ogre

Guillaume Delaunay

Mother Circus Performer

Alba Rohrwacher

Father Circus Performer

Massimo Ceccherini

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