Arabian Nights ( 1974 ) ( Il fiore delle mille e una notte ) ( Les mille et une nuits )

Arabian Nights ( 1974 ) (DVD) (*)

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Original Title: Il fiore delle mille e una notte
Alternate Title: Les mille et une nuits
Screened, competed or awarded at:
Cannes Film Festival

Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
English ( Subtitles )
Italian ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )

Product Origin/Format:
Australia ( PAL/Region 0 )

Running Time:
130 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (1.85:1)

Special Features:
Deleted Scenes
Interactive Menu
Scene Access
Trailer(s)

Movie filmed in 1974 and produced in:
France ( France, Benelux )
Italy ( Italy, Greece )

Directed By:
Pier Paolo Pasolini

Written By:
Pier Paolo Pasolini
Dacia Maraini

Actors:
Ninetto Davoli ..... Aziz
Franco Citti ..... The Demon
Franco Merli ..... Nur Ed Din
Tessa Bouché ..... Aziza (as Tessa Bouche)
Ines Pellegrini ..... Zumurrud
Margareth Clémenti ..... Aziz's mother (as Margaret Clementi)
Luigina Rocchi ..... Aziz's wife
Alberto Argentino ..... Prince Shahzmah
Francesco Paolo Governale ..... Prince Tagi
Salvatore Sapienza ..... Prince Yunan
Zeudi Biasolo ..... Zeudi
Barbara Grandi ..... Munis (as Elisabetta Vito Genovese)
Elisabetta Genovese ..... Princess Dunya
Gioacchino Castellini
Abadit Ghidei

Synopsis:

This lush anthology of erotic tales was filmed in four countries (Iran, Nepal, Yemen, and Eritrea) over a period of more than two years. Completing the literary cycle begun by Pier Pasolini in Il Decamerone and I Racconti di Canterbury, this one is perhaps the most controversial of the lot, engendering reactions from admiration to dismissal. The connecting story deals with Mur el-Din (Franco Merli), a prince searching for his slave girl lover, Zumurrud (Ines Pellegrini), who has been kidnapped, only to disguise herself as a man, take a wife, and become ruler of a great city. Mur el-Din's quest carries him to the ends of his known world, where he listens to several stories of carnality and betrayal. The continuity and fluidity of the film depend entirely on the version screened, because several different cuts exist; producer Alberto Grimaldi insisted on a 130-minute release, whereas Pasolini and United Artists preferred the unexpurgated 155-minute version with its ten stories all intact.

In this film inspired by the ancient erotic and mysterious tales of the Middle East, the main story concerns an innocent young man who comes to fall in love with a slave who selected him as her master. After his foolish error causes their separation, he travels in search of her. Various other travelers 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.

The final part of Pasolini's Trilogy of Life series was two years in the making. 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 presented here in a beautiful new High Definition restoration.

This product was added to our catalog on Sunday 21 October, 2012.

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