The Decameron
Ribaldry! Rakes and libertines. Raised skirts and lowered lashes. A blush on every cheek. Pasolini. Filming The Decameron. Bringing life to art...and art to life.
1971-08-25 | 111 minutes
Plot Summary
A young Sicilian is swindled twice, but ends up rich; a man poses as a deaf-mute in a convent of curious nuns; a woman must hide her lover when her husband comes home early; a scoundrel fools a priest on his deathbed; three brothers take revenge on their sister's lover; a young girl sleeps on the roof to meet her boyfriend at night; a group of painters wait for inspiration; a crafty priest attempts to seduce his friend's wife; and two friends make a pact to find out what happens after death.
Cast
-
Franco CittiCiappelletto
-
Ninetto DavoliAndreuccio of Perugia
-
Jovan JovanovićRustico (scenes deleted)
-
Angela LucePeronella
-
Pier Paolo PasoliniAllievo di Giotto
-
Giorgio IovineLizio da Valbona
-
Guido AlbertiMusciatto, Wealthy Merchant
-
Gianni RizzoFather Superior
-
Patrizia De ClaraNun
-
Monique van VoorenQueen of Skulls
-
Enzo SpitaleriMonk
-
Elisabetta GenoveseCaterina (uncredited)
Recommendations
-
The Canterbury Tales
-
Deceived
-
A Husband for Anna
-
December 7th
-
Pier Paolo Pasolini: Primo piano. Personaggi e problemi dell'Italia d'oggi
-
The Scarlet Empress
-
Dante's Inferno
-
Arabian Nights
-
Boccaccio '70
-
The Hawks and the Sparrows
-
Theorem
-
The Mother and the Whore
-
Bread, Love and Dreams
-
Oedipus Rex
-
Caliber 9
-
The Gospel According to Matthew
-
Taxidermia
-
The Devils
-
Everything You Want
-
Lilya 4-ever
Similar Movies
-
A Street Cat Named Bob
-
A Romance in Flanders
-
What's Eating Gilbert Grape
-
Primal Fear
-
I ♥ Huckabees
-
Jules and Jim
-
La Chinoise
-
Fried Green Tomatoes
-
Last Tango in Paris
-
Freedom Writers
-
The Motorcycle Diaries
-
Last Days
-
Mumbai Cutting
-
The Princess Bride
-
The Bourne Identity
-
The Bourne Supremacy
-
The Bourne Ultimatum
-
Our Mother's House
-
The Bible: In the Beginning...
-
Madame Bovary