Tale of Tales Page #3

Synopsis: The film serves as Garrone's English-language debut and will interweave three separate story strands bookended by brief bits in which Italians Alba Rohrwacher and Massimo Ceccherini will play a street circus family. In one tale Salma Hayek will play a jealous queen who forfeits her husband's life. In another, Vincent Cassel plays a king whose passion is stoked by two mysterious sisters.
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Director(s): Matteo Garrone
Production: Sundance Selects
  21 wins & 15 nominations.
 
IMDB:
6.4
Metacritic:
72
Rotten Tomatoes:
82%
R
Year:
2015
134 min
494 Views


Silence!

Whatever I do is done well.

No one has the right to question

my will, least of all my daughter!

Fear not,

your obligations shall be respected.

No one will be able to say that

the king did not keep to his word.

Sit.

I'm sorry, Your Majesty,

I've looked everywhere.

I can't find him.

What d'you mean, you can't find him?

Your Highness!

Elias!

Your Highness!

It's him!

He's back! Fenizia!

He's back, Jonah is alive!

Jonah, my love! Jonah!

We knew you would come back to us.

You have no idea how long

we've been looking for you!

How much time has passed?

I'm...

I'm sorry, I don't remember.

Five days.

You've been gone five days.

Where did I go?

The forest.

The forest...

Why was I in the forest?

Where is he?

He is searching for his friend.

You wanted to separate

what is inseparable.

I want my son back.

Now I will repeat what I told you.

Every desire, every action

corresponds to another.

A violent desire such as yours

can only be satisfied with violence.

And there will be a cost.

You know I'm willing to pay it.

Jonah!

Jonah, can you hear me?

Help!

I'm here, help me!

Help!

I'm here! Help me!

Jonah!

Elias!

Help!

- I'm coming!

- Help me!

- Quick! Help me!

- Don't worry, I'm here.

Quick! Oh, my God!

An invitation to the king's wedding.

Who sent it to me?

The future queen.

Dora...

Imma!

It's me.

It's me, Dora.

I've missed you so much!

Imma...

It's me.

Dora.

I don't know what happened.

I fell asleep.

When I woke up

I had changed my skin.

What do you mean?

I changed my skin, I don't know...

You're so beautiful.

Young...

Dora...

From now on, you don't have

to worry about a thing.

I'll take care of you.

Anything you want,

it will be yours.

Dora...

- I have to go now.

- No!

I'll come back,

but remember,

this has to be our secret.

Not a word to anyone.

Dora, wait... Wait!

The queen is my sister.

No! No!

I have to stay here with my sister.

Yes I'm sure she's our sister, I

but it's time to go, the party is

over and the guests are leaving.

I'm not a guest.

I'm the queen's sister.

- Get up!

- No, I'm staying here.

You are not listening to me, get up!

- You may go now.

- Yes, Your Majesty.

Dora, they want me to leave.

What did I tell you?

You have to keep quiet. Remember?

- It's a secret.

- I want to be with you.

You can't be with me.

- Do you want me to lose everything?

- No.

So you need to go.

Go!

- I want to be with you.

- I said go!

Go!

Dora...

I thought maybe I could sleep here.

I'm tired of being alone.

Listen to me, you can't stay here,

no one must see you, you have to go.

- I want to be with you.

- And you can't.

- Why?

- Take a look at yourself, Imma!

You're old.

No one would believe we are sisters.

I want to become young too.

I want to.

I want to! How did you do it?

- I already told you, I don't know...

- No, tell me!

- You tell me!

- I changed my...

I had myself flayed.

Now that's enough!

Don't you dare move.

- What? No!

- It's okay...

Her, again!

Guards!

Guards!

- Guards!

- Calm down...

- Guards!

- She's no one, I can explain.

- Who is she?

- She's a neighbor...

She's behind. Get her out!

- Who is she?

- She won't do anything, please...

- Take her out!

- Please, don't hurt her...

What was she doing in my bedroom?

Out of my sight!

Out of my sight!

No... no...

I have to stay here, with my sister.

Master barber, I have

something to ask you.

Tell me.

Could you change my skin?

Flay me.

Why would you want to do that?

Because I want to be young again.

My dear...

You will die.

I can pay you, my sister's a queen.

A queen?

Well... then...

You go tell the queen

not to let you out on your own again.

Come on, go back home.

Sir...

Sir...

I have something to ask you.

- What?

- Can you change my skin?

- Change your skin?

- Flay me.

- Flay you?

- I can pay you.

My sister is the queen.

Sir...

Help!

Help me, please! Please!

I'm being held prisoner by an ogre.

You must have heard about me,

I'm a princess.

The king's daughter who was given

in marriage to an ogre.

I need you to help me

to get to the other side.

Where is this ogre

that holds you prisoner?

He's hunting but he will back in.

I have to get across before he comes

back. You have to help me now.

How can I help you?

I'm sorry.

No! Please don't go!

I can't stay here!

Please, stay!

Please! Please!

I have my sons,

they can save you.

But you have to wait until tomorrow.

No, I can't wait until tomorrow.

Don't be afraid, trust me.

We'll come back tomorrow.

No! Please, don't go!

Don't leave me, please!

Violet!

Mother!

Your majesty!

Your majesty!

Violet is here!

The princess has returned!

Your Majesty! Violet is here.

Violet has come home to us.

Come, sir, It would do

your heart good to see her.

Your Majesty, don't move.

Please, Your Majesty...

You are too weak...

Violet!

Here is the husband

that you chose for me.

Forgive me.

Please, forgive me.

Violet...

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Edoardo Albinati

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