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IF THIS ONE STAYED WITH YOU
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Why this pick
Like Matteo Garrone’s fable, it turns fairy-tale imagery into lush, unsettling adult fantasy, with sensual grotesquerie and stories that slip dreamily between innocence, danger, and transformation.
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A visually extravagant storybook fantasia whose nested tales, ornate costumes, and tragic undercurrent echo the handcrafted grandeur and darkly playful cruelty of Tale of Tales.
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This stark black-and-white folk nightmare shares Tale of Tales’ earthy medieval strangeness: superstition, desire, bizarre creatures, and deadpan cruelty shaped into a singular visual world.
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Why this pick
For its fearless collision of beauty and monstrosity, this seductive modern fairy tale offers similarly heightened performances, tactile fantasy, and an escalating sense that desire carries a brutal price.
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Why this pick
A severe, intimate Grimm-inflected tale with a medieval emotional texture, it finds the same unsettling power in folklore, female vulnerability, family cruelty, and matter-of-fact magic.
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01 / THE STORY
Three fairy tales revolve around a king (John C. Reilly) who must slay a sea monster, a giant flea and a womanizing ruler (Vincent Cassel) who's in for a surprise.
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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME
Queen of Selvascura
Prince Elias of Selvascura
Jonah
King of Roccaforte
Dora
Imma
Princess Violet of Altomonte
Fenizia
