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The Canterbury Tales

1971, Movie, NC-17, 104 mins

The Canterbury Tales: Review

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After the formidable commercial success of his bawdy DECAMERON, Pier Pasolini applied the same formula to Geoffrey Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales with somewhat less appealing results. Seven of Chaucer's tales--those of the Friar, the Cook, the Merchant, the Miller, the Wife of Bath, the Reeve, and the Summoner--are brought to the screen with sex, brutality, and scatology foregrounded. As always, Pasolini provides a political subtext: 14th-century England is depicted as a per... read more leave a comment

The Canterbury Tales: Cast & Details

Year: 1971
Rated NC-17
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Cast
 Hugh Griffith: Gennaio--January
Laura Betti: The Wife of Bath
Ninetto Davoli: Perkin
Josephine Chaplin: Maggio--May
Franco Citti: Mysterious Youth
Alan Webb: Old Man

 

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The Canterbury Tales: TV Listings

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