Arabian Nights
(1974)
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Arabian Nights
(1974)
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Ninetto Davoli | ... |
Aziz
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Franco Merli | ... | |
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Tessa Bouché | ... |
Aziza
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Ines Pellegrini | ... |
Zumurrud
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Margareth Clémenti | ... |
Aziz's mother
(as Margaret Clementi)
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Luigina Rocchi | ... |
Budur
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Alberto Argentino | ... |
Prince Shahzmah
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Francesco Paolo Governale | ... |
Prince Tagi
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Salvatore Sapienza | ... |
Prince Yunan
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Zeudi Biasolo | ... |
Zeudi
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Barbara Grandi |
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Elisabetta Genovese | ... |
Munis
(as Elisabetta Vito Genovese)
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Gioacchino Castellini |
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Abadit Ghidei | ... |
Princess Dunya
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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. Written by scgary66
"Fiore delle mille e una notte" ,which won special prize at CANNES 1974 is the third part of what Pasolini called the trilogy of life which encompasses "il decameron" (1971) and" racconti di Canterbury" (1972). It's the most accessible of all Pasolini movies ,and weren't it for the numerous nudities,it would appeal to large audience.
This must be the script:it's much better than the two first films because the story is built à la Shéhérazade ,with plots ,subplots and subsubplots which fit into each other;and although sex is the main vector,it features enough twists to sustain the interest throughout.It does not forget magic (the segment which features Ninetto Davoli,Pasolini's favorite actor,uses a lot of symbols)and mystery (the adolescent who must be killed when he's fifteen ).Humor is less vulgar than in "di racconti di Canterbury" The little riddle "the aromatic grass of the fields" "the slit pomegranate" and "the inn of the warm welcome " is witty.
Little did we know that Pasolini would follow his trilogy of life with the most depressing work ever made :"Salo" (1975).