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Arabian Nights
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1974 film directed by Pier Paolo Pasolini
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Arabian Nights, originally titled Il fiore delle Mille e una notte, is a 1974 Italian and French fantasy adventure film directed by Pier Paolo Pasolini. The screenplay was written by Pasolini and Dacia Maraini, with production by Alberto Grimaldi. The cast includes Ninetto Davoli, Franco Citti, Franco Merli, and Ines Pellegrini. The film is based on One Thousand and One Nights and was distributed by United Artists.
Filming took place in Ethiopia. The production team featured Ennio Morricone as composer, Giuseppe Ruzzolini as director of photography, Nino Baragli as film editor, Danilo Donati as costume designer, and Dante Ferretti as production designer. The movie has a runtime of approximately 130 to 131 minutes and was released in May and June 1974. It received the Grand Prix at the Cannes Film Festival.
The film is rated NC-17 and holds a review score of 83% and an average rating of 6.6 to 6.8 out of 10. It is categorized as a drama, comedy, fantasy, and LGBTQ-related film. The tagline describes it as unfolding the sensual and erotic tales of the fabled 1001 Arabian Nights.
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Film · TMDB
6.5The final part of Pasolini's Trilogy of Life series is rich with exotic tales of slaves and kings, potions, betrayals, demons and, most of all, love and lovemaking in all its myriad forms. Mysterious and liberating, this is an exquisitely dreamlike and adult interpretation of the original folk tales.
Cast
- Ninetto Davoli as Aziz
- Franco Citti as The Demon
- Franco Merli as Nur Ed Din
- Tessa Bouché as Aziza
- Ines Pellegrini as Zumurrud
- Margareth Clémenti as Aziz's Mother
Themes
- princess
- eroticism
- sultan
- erotic movie
- arabian nights
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Ratings
IMDb
6.6/10
9,574 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
83%
- Year
- 1974
- Runtime
- 130 min
- Genres
- Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
- Rated
- NC-17
- Awards
- 1 win & 3 nominations total
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- comedy film
- Country of origin
- Italy
- Original language
- Italian
- Based on
- One Thousand and One Nights
- Director
- Pier Paolo Pasolini
- Screenwriter
- Dacia Maraini
- Composer
- Ennio Morricone
- Producer
- Alberto Grimaldi
- Cinematographer
- Giuseppe Ruzzolini
- Filming location
- Ethiopia
- Duration
- 129
- FilmAffinity ID
- 158217
- Image
- Il fiore delle mille e una notte movie horizontal purple logo.png
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- publication date
- 1986-05-22
- film editor
- Nino Baragli
- title
- Il fiore delle Mille e una notte
- costume designer
- Danilo Donati
- production designer
- Dante Ferretti
- distributed by
- United Artists
- Commons category
- Il fiore delle Mille e una notte
- review score
- 83%
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