---
title: 'Tale of Tales (2015)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Matteo Garrone'
released: '2015-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 134
certification: 'R'
genres:
  - 'Horror'
  - 'Romance'
countries:
  - 'United Kingdom'
  - 'France'
  - 'Italy'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/tale-of-tales-2015'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3278330/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Tale of Tales (2015)

2015 · R · 134 min · Horror, Romance · United Kingdom, France, Italy

Original title: Il racconto dei racconti

## Synopsis

Tale of Tales is a 2015 fantasy horror film co-written, directed and co-produced by Matteo Garrone and starring Salma Hayek, Vincent Cassel, Toby Jones, and John C. Reilly. It is based on a collection of fairy tales by Italian poet Giambattista Basile, titled Pentamerone. The three main tales that inspired the film are La Cerva Fatata, La Pulce, La Vecchia Scorticata. An Italian-led production with co-producers in France and the United Kingdom, Tale of Tales is Garrone's only English-language film. It competed for the Palme d'Or at the 2015 Cannes Film Festival.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Matteo Garrone](https://cinepixo.com/people/matteo-garrone)
- **Screenplay:** [Matteo Garrone](https://cinepixo.com/people/matteo-garrone), [Massimo Gaudioso](https://cinepixo.com/people/massimo-gaudioso), [Ugo Chiti](https://cinepixo.com/people/ugo-chiti)
- **Producer:** [Matteo Garrone](https://cinepixo.com/people/matteo-garrone)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Alexandre Desplat](https://cinepixo.com/people/alexandre-desplat)
- **Director of Photography:** [Peter Suschitzky](https://cinepixo.com/people/peter-suschitzky)
- **Editor:** [Marco Spoletini](https://cinepixo.com/people/marco-spoletini)

## Cast

- [Giselda Volodi](https://cinepixo.com/people/giselda-volodi)
- [Alba Rohrwacher](https://cinepixo.com/people/alba-rohrwacher)
- [Shirley Henderson](https://cinepixo.com/people/shirley-henderson)
- [Giulio Beranek](https://cinepixo.com/people/giulio-beranek)
- [Guillaume Delaunay](https://cinepixo.com/people/guillaume-delaunay)
- [Stacy Martin](https://cinepixo.com/people/stacy-martin)
- [Salma Hayek](https://cinepixo.com/people/salma-hayek)
- [Kathryn Hunter](https://cinepixo.com/people/kathryn-hunter)
- [Franco Pistoni](https://cinepixo.com/people/franco-pistoni)
- [Sandro Campagna](https://cinepixo.com/people/sandro-campagna)
- [Hayley Carmichael](https://cinepixo.com/people/hayley-carmichael)
- [John C. Reilly](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-c-reilly)
- [Massimo Ceccherini](https://cinepixo.com/people/massimo-ceccherini)
- [Toby Jones](https://cinepixo.com/people/toby-jones)
- [Bebe Cave](https://cinepixo.com/people/bebe-cave)

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Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/tale-of-tales-2015
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