# The Canterbury Tales (1972)

> Pasolini turns Chaucer’s medieval story cycle into a vivid, bawdy, and irreverent carnival of erotic desire, social hypocrisy, and earthly comic life.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/movie/3153

## Facts

- Runtime: 111 min
- Genres: Comedy, History, Drama
- Director: Pier Paolo Pasolini
- Cast: Hugh Griffith, Laura Betti, Ninetto Davoli, Franco Citti, Josephine Chaplin, Alan Webb, Pier Paolo Pasolini, Vernon Dobtcheff
- TMDB rating: 6.1/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0067647/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: brisk
- Intensity: strong
- Complexity: layered
- Violence: mild
- Mood: bawdy, irreverent, earthy, arthouse film night, literary adaptation viewing

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