Tale of Tales, GFT, 17 – 30 June, 2016

‘Gloriously mad, rigorously imagined, visually wonderful’ – The Guardian
Friday 17 – Thursday 30 June
Running time: 2h5m
Once upon a time there were three neighbouring kingdoms from which ruled kings and queens. Loosely inspired by the Neapolitan fairytales of Giambattista Basile, Matteo Garrone’s (Gomorrah) English language debut is a spectacular gothic fantasy with a unique vision of cinema at its heart. Toby Jones plays a king obsessed with his pet flea, Vincent Cassel’s king is a fornicating libertine tricked into an undesirable tryst and Salma Hayek is a queen told by a sorcerer to consume the heart of a sea serpent if she wants to conceive a child.
Specially commissioned programme notes will be available.
Director Matteo Garrone Cast Salma Hayek, Vincent Cassel, Toby Jones
Italy/France/UK 2015, 2h5m, some subtitles.
‘Gloriously mad, rigorously imagined, visually wonderful’ – The Guardian
Friday 17 – Thursday 30 June
Running time: 2h5m
Once upon a time there were three neighbouring kingdoms from which ruled kings and queens. Loosely inspired by the Neapolitan fairytales of Giambattista Basile, Matteo Garrone’s (Gomorrah) English language debut is a spectacular gothic fantasy with a unique vision of cinema at its heart. Toby Jones plays a king obsessed with his pet flea, Vincent Cassel’s king is a fornicating libertine tricked into an undesirable tryst and Salma Hayek is a queen told by a sorcerer to consume the heart of a sea serpent if she wants to conceive a child.
Specially commissioned programme notes will be available.
Director Matteo Garrone Cast Salma Hayek, Vincent Cassel, Toby Jones
Italy/France/UK 2015, 2h5m, some subtitles, 15
12 Rose, Street, Glasgow G3 6RB
This section: Cinema, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more
Related Pages
- Refugee Festival Woodlands Community
- CinemARC – Refugee Week
- Dreamers Screening at The Pyramid
- Take 2 Access: Beauty and the Beast at GFT
- Barbie: The Exhibition at Kelvingrove Art Gallery
- Close Encounters of the Third Kind
- Dear Green Music Scene at ARC, University of Glagow
- 10 Rillington Place at GFT
- Planet Israel at GFT
- Archive Gems – Wee Dementia Film Fest
- Cheers for Twenty Years, Glasgow Science Festival
- No Place For Football – The Untold Story of Greenland B67’s Artic Champions Dream – review
- The Scotland Channel presents Ceilidh in the Kirk
- Intolerable Cruelty at GFT
- WestFest: GLASGOW MADRIGIRLS – THE WELLSPRING
- Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum, Tea Green Summer Market
- Treasures of the Vikings, Govan Book Festival
- Heritage Talks: Living With Rain in Glasgow – Dr Andrew Hoolachan
- Westfest 2026 – Step into the Arlington Baths
- Glasgow Group’s Exhibition at The New Glasgow Society
Leave a Reply
You must be logged in to post a comment.