Decameron, the (1971) Italy
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Director:Pasolini, Pier Paolo, Amato, Vincenzo, Bilardo, Salvatore, Catanesi, Mirella, Citti, Franco, Crispo, Lino
Studio:Produzioni Europee Associati (PEA)
Writer:Pier Paolo Pasolini, Giovanni Boccaccio
Rating:7.0 (3,860 votes)
Date Added:2012-06-05
ASIN:027616880604
Awards:1 win & 1 nomination
Genre:Italian films
IMDb:0065622
Duration:1:52:00
Aspect Ratio:1.85 : 1
Sound:Mono
Languages:Italian
Subtitles:English, French, Spanish
LAC code:300009165
DVD or VHS:DVD
Original:DVD copy
Pasolini, Pier Paolo, Amato, Vincenzo, Bilardo, Salvatore, Catanesi, Mirella, Citti, Franco, Crispo, Lino  ...  (Director)
Pier Paolo Pasolini, Giovanni Boccaccio  ...  (Writer)
 
Franco Citti  ...  Ciappelletto
Ninetto Davoli  ...  Andreuccio of Perugia
Jovan Jovanovic  ...  Rustico
Vincenzo Amato  ...  Masetto of Lamporecchio
Angela Luce  ...  Peronella
Giuseppe Zigaina  ...  Monk
Maria Gabriella Maione  ...  
Vincenzo Cristo  ...  
Pier Paolo Pasolini  ...  Allievo di Giotto
Giorgio Iovine  ...  
Salvatore Bilardo  ...  
Vincenzo Ferrigno  ...  Giannello
Luigi Seraponte  ...  
Antonio Diddio  ...  
Mirella Catanesi  ...  
Comments: DIT 123

Summary: Legendary Italian director Pier Paolo Pasolini delivers nine exuberant tales in this "earthy, genuinely ribald and spicy" (Variety) film. Based on Boccaccio's timeless classicand the first in Pasolini's Trilogy of Life series - The Decameron is an uproariously "irreverent romp" (Variety) that's "positively jubilant in its naughtiness" (Films and Filming)! Lusty nuns who perform sexual "miracles," a cheating wife with a head for business, a dying con artist attempting a heavenly swindle, young lovers caught with their pants down, a servent who loses his head for love and a gullible farmer who tries to turn his wife into a mare. These are just some of the stories Pasolini vividly brings to life!