Il decameron [videorecording (Blu-ray)] / Decameron (Motion picture) Metro Goldwyn Mayer ; un film di Pier Paolo Pasolini ; prodotto da Franco Rossellini ; una coproduzione PEA Produzioni Europee Associate s.a.s., Les Productions Artistes associés, Artemis Film ; scritto e diretto da Pier Paolo Pasolini.
Franco Citti, Ninetto Davoli, Jovan Jovanovic, Vincenzo Amato, Angela Luce, Giuseppe Zigaina, Gabriella Frankel, Gerard Exel, Wolfgang Hillinger. Based on "The decameron" by Giovanni Boccaccio. Originally released as a motion picture in 1971. Released as part of 4-disc set "Pier Paolo Pasolini's Trilogy of life" with: The Canterbury tales and The Arabian nights plus supplements disc. Accompanying booklet (63 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 18 cm.) includes cast lists and credits for the three feature films and several essays by Pier Paolo Pasolini and Colin MacCabe. Special features: On "The Decameron" visual essay by Patrick Rumble; 2005 documentary The lost body of Alibech (45 min.); trailers.
Summary:
Boccaccio's classic tales of passion brought to the screen with all their lusty fervor intact. Among the stories are a young man's exploits with a gang of robbers, a flock of randy nuns who sin with a strapping gardener, and a pupil of the painter Giotto working on a massive fresco.
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