Pasolini and the Secret Humiliation of Chaucer

2006

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Documentary about the making of Pier Paolo Pasolini's The Canterbury Tales (1972), and particularly focusing on the many edits and cut scenes that were made before the film's release.

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Mimmo Cattarinich

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Nico Naldini

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Enzo Ocone

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Pier Paolo Pasolini

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Laura Betti

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