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Title: The Decameron (1971)
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| Franco Citti | ... | Ciappelletto | |
| Ninetto Davoli | ... | Andreuccio of Perugia | |
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Jovan Jovanovic | ... | Rustico (scenes deleted) |
| Vincenzo Amato | ... | Masetto of Lamporecchio | |
| Angela Luce | ... | Peronella | |
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Giuseppe Zigaina | ... | Monk |
| Maria Gabriella Maione | ... | (as Gabriella Frankel) | |
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Vincenzo Cristo | ||
| Pier Paolo Pasolini | ... | Allievo di Giotto (as P.P. Pasolini) | |
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Giorgio Iovine | ||
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Salvatore Bilardo | ||
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Vincenzo Ferrigno | ... | Giannello |
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Luigi Seraponte | ||
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Antonio Diddio | ||
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Mirella Catanesi | ||
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An adaptation of nine stories from Bocaccio's "Decameron": **** Segment 1: A young man from Perugia is swindled twice in Naples, but ends up rich; **** Segment 2: A man poses as a deaf-mute in a convent of curious nuns; **** Segment 3: A woman must hide her lover when her husband comes home early; **** Segment 4: A scoundrel fools a priest on his deathbed; **** Segment 5: Three brothers take revenge on their sister's lover; **** Segment 6: A young girl sleeps on the roof to meet her boyfriend at night; **** Segment 7: A group of painters wait for inspiration; **** Segment 8: A crafty priest attempts to seduce his friend's wife; **** Segment 9: Two friends make a pact to find out what happens after death. Written by Philip Brubaker <coda@nando.net>
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blow job | adult humor | male full frontal nudity | female full frontal nudity | erotica |Taglines:
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. See more »Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)
Rated R for sensuality, and for some language | See all certifications »Parents Guide:
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Release Date:
16 September 1971 (Italy) See more »Also Known As:
The Decameron See more »Company Credits
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Produzioni Europee Associate (PEA), Les Productions Artistes Associés, Artemis Film See more »
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1.85 : 1
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The first film in Pier Paolo Pasolini's "Trilogy of Life", continuing with The Canterbury Tales (1972) and concluding with Arabian Nights (1974). See more »Goofs
When the mother superior seduces the deaf/mute boy, the boy is sleeping in a garden growing tomatoes. Tomatoes are a New World crop and would not be brought to Italy for nearly two centuries. See more »Alternate Versions
Although the cinema version was intact the 1988 UK Warner video was cut by 22 secs by the BBFC to remove shots of naked genitals during the bedroom sex scene with the nun. The cuts were fully restored in the 2001 BFI DVD release. See more »Frequently Asked Questions
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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