The many tales of the Arabian Nights are connected by a central story that acts as a frame for the whole collection. In the frame story a girl named Scheherazade (or Shahrazad) is the heroine. She is a member of a kingdom in which the ruler (called a sultan) is angry at women because his first wife betrayed him. To get revenge, he marries a new woman each night and has her killed the next morning.
When Scheherazade marries the sultan, she comes up with a plan. She decides to tell him a story every night but stop just when she reaches the most interesting part. If he wants to hear the rest, he has to let her live another night. The sultan falls for the plan. Scheherazade keeps telling him stories in this manner for a thousand and one nights. Eventually the sultan realizes that he loves Scheherazade, and they live happily ever after.
Modern versions of the Arabian Nights have appeared in almost all European languages as well as Hebrew, Yiddish, Chinese, Japanese, Malaysian, and Swahili. Some of the most famous stories, such as “Aladdin and the Magic Lamp,” have been made into cartoons and movies.
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Il fiore delle mille e una notte (1974)
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- Sex & Nudity (11)
- Violence & Gore (5)
- Profanity (1)
- Alcohol, Drugs & Smoking (3)
Certification
EditCertification- Argentina:18
- Australia:R
- Brazil:18
- Canada:R
- Canada:R (Alberta)
- Canada:18+ (Quebec)
- Finland:K-18 (1974, cut)
- France:16
- Germany:16
- Hong Kong:III
- Italy:VM18
- Mexico:C
- Netherlands:16
- New Zealand:R18
- Norway:15 (DVD rating)
- Norway:16 (cinema rating)
- Portugal:M/16
- Russia:18+
- Singapore:(Banned)
- Spain:18
- Sweden:15
- Taiwan:R-18 (2017)
- United Kingdom:X (original rating, cut)
- United Kingdom:18 (2001, video rating)
- United States:TV-MA (TV rating)
- United States:NC-17 (certificate #30965)
- United States:X (original rating)
Sex & Nudity
Severe 28 of 41 found this severe
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- several scenes of female full frontal nudity
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- 13 year old Barbara Grandi has a full frontal nude scene. She is shown shackled and tied up, with both boobs and pubic hair visible.
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- At a slave market a group of underage girls are sold off at auction. They are all fully nude and both breasts and bush are shown.
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- Some of the scenes in the "violence" section might unsettle a few viewers, but the effects and the editing make them less scary than they probably sound.
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- Male and female full frontal nudity throughout. Most of the nudity is in a sexual context.
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- Much of the dialogue is filled with sexual double-entendres.
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- There are several sex scenes filmed uncovered from either the side or behind. The sex generally has a clinical feel and is not lewd.
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- One brief scene includes oral sex shown from the back of the woman's head.
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- A man fires a phallic-tipped arrow into a woman's vagina.
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- An older man courts three young men and examines them when they get to his place.
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- Teenage characters in the film appear in full front and rear nudity. One scene features a man having sex with a teenage girl and another feature a man and a teenage boy getting into a bath together and later asleep in a bed.
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Violence & Gore
Moderate 11 of 22 found this moderate
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- A live pigeon is slaughtered with a knife onscreen.
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- A woman is thrashed, shackled, and slapped. A woman castrates a man using a rope.
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- Two men are shown hanging on crosses by ropes.
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- A woman has her hands and feet being chopped off before being beheaded. A couple of cuts in that scene show the actual blows, but each part is shown directly after.
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- A young boy is stabbed to death in his sleep. The camera lingers over the blood coming from his mouth.
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Profanity
None 15 of 16 found this to have none
Severity? None 15 Mild 1 Moderate 0 Severe 0
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- None. This is unusual for an X-rated film.
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Alcohol, Drugs & Smoking
Mild 16 of 17 found this mild
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- There is a banquet in which one the characters gets drunk.
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- Two sequences involve people being drugged. In one, an older couple drug a younger couple to perform a sexual test on them. In the other, a man drugs his enemy in order to kidnap his wife.
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- In at least one scene, an old man is smoking a houkah.
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Frightening & Intense Scenes
Mild 16 of 20 found this mild
Severity? None 1 Mild 16 Moderate 2 Severe 1
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