Wondrous Boccaccio [videorecording] / Film Movement, Stemal Entertainment, Cinemaundici and Barbary Films and RAI Cinema present ; a film by Paolo and Vittorio Taviani ; produced by Donatella Palermo and Luigi Musini ; written and directed by Paolo and Vittorio Taviani.
Title from container. Based on: The Decameron / Giovanni Boccaccio. Lello Arena, Paola Cortellesi, Carolina Crescentini, and others. Originally released as a motion picture in 2015. Enhanced for widescreen TV (16x9). Bonus short film: Ground floor (2 min.) / dir. Asya Alzen.
Summary:
Florence, Thirteenth Century. The "Black Death" is spreading. Ten kids (three boys and seven girls) decide to escape and to seek shelter in the countryside, away from the horrible consequences of the plague. In order to kill time, each kid tells a particular story, but no matter how different their stories may be, they all have one aspect in common: love. A love that will help the characters cope with the numerous uncertainties of a very arduous age.
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