A film by ALESSIO RIGO DE RIGHI & MATTEO ZOPPIS
“Madness exudes from every frame of this film…An atmospheric masterpiece.”
— Matthew Joseph Jenner, International Cinephile Society
“Like many of the best things in life, THE TALE OF KING CRAB owes its existence to a really good story, a little exaggeration, and the enthusiastic consumption of alcohol.”
— Jeva Lange, Screen Slate
“Pirates, princes, crabs, treasure maps, gold-diggers, and shipwrecks… Billowing from the fantasy world of KING CRAB is an ancient pleasure, a childish enthusiasm that kept me hooked and hypnotized prompting the question you’d expect from the very best of stories: what’s going to happen next?”
— Leonardo Goi, MUBI
Luciano is a wandering outcast in a remote, late 19th-century Italian village. His life becomes undone by alcohol, forbidden love, and a bitter conflict with the prince of the region over the right of passage through an ancient gateway. When the quarrel escalates, Luciano is exiled to the distant Argentine province of Tierra del Fuego where, with the help of ruthless gold-diggers, he searches for a mythical treasure, paving his way toward redemption. However, in these barren lands, only greed and insanity can prevail.
SPECIAL FEATURES
– TWO FILMS FROM DIRECTORS ALESSIO RIGO DE RIGHI AND MATTEO ZOPPIS, WHICH TOGETHER WITH THE TALE OF KING CRAB COMPLETE THE FILMMAKERS STORYTELLING TRILOGY:
o BELVA NERA (2013), 32 MINUTES
o IL SOLENGO (2015), 70 MINUTES
– THEATRICAL TRAILER
2021 · ITALY · 105 MINUTES · COLOR · 5.1 SURROUND & STEREO · IN ITALIAN AND SPANISH · OPTIONAL ENGLISH, SPANISH, OR FRENCH SUBTITLES · NOT RATED · 1.33:1 ASPECT RATIO
GENRE – FOREIGN LANGUAGE / DRAMA
