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1971 (France) morePlot:
An adaptation of nine stories from Bocaccio's "Decameron": A young Sicilian is swindled twice, but ends... more | add synopsisAwards:
1 win & 1 nomination moreUser Comments:
The movie is lively, gutsy, and quite funny more (30 total)Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Franco Citti | ... | Ciappelletto | |
| Ninetto Davoli | ... | Andreuccio of Perugia | |
| Jovan Jovanovic | ... | Rustico (scenes deleted) | |
| Vincenzo Amato | ... | Masetto of Lamporecchio | |
| Angela Luce | ... | Peronella | |
| Giuseppe Zigaina | ... | Monk | |
| Gabriella Frankel | |||
| Vincenzo Cristo | |||
| Pier Paolo Pasolini | ... | Allievo di Giotto (as P.P. Pasolini) | |
| Giorgio Iovine | |||
| Salvatore Bilardo | |||
| Vincenzo Ferrigno | ... | Giannello | |
| Luigi Seraponte | |||
| Antonio Diddio | |||
| Mirella Catanesi |
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Also Known As:
Decameron (West Germany)Decamerone (West Germany)
Le Décaméron (France)
The Decameron (USA)
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112 minLanguage:
ItalianColor:
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1.85 : 1 moreSound Mix:
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Italy:VM18 | Spain:18 | West Germany:18 (nf) | Argentina:18 | Australia:R | Canada:R | Finland:K-16 | Norway:16 | Portugal:M/16 | Sweden:11 | UK:18 (video rating) (1988) | UK:X (original rating) | USA:R (re-rating) (1991) | Canada:16+ (Quebec) | USA:X (original rating)Fun Stuff
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The first film in Pier Paolo Pasolini's "Trilogy of Life", continuing with I racconti di Canterbury (1972) and concluding with Il fiore delle mille e una notte (1974). moreFAQ
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This is the first of Pasolini's three feature-film adaptations of obscene tales of antiquity, the other two being "The Canterbury Tales" and "The Arabian Nights." It contains ten of Boccaccio's most famous tales The bawdiest story concerns a merchant who back-doors his partner's wife by promising to tell her his secret of turning a woman to a female horse and back to a woman again...
The tale of the two lovers sleeping together on the terrace is quite nice and very erotic, but the most hilarious one involves a young man who pretends he's a deaf mute in order to get into a convent... Once inside, he discovers that the sisters are very curious about all the excitement the world has made over sex and want to find out if it is worth it...
The stories are quite funny and the acting is adequate especially for non-professionals But the film's charm is in its unrefined energy It spends as much time showing nude men as it does showing nude women, which was quite unusual for its time