An adaptation of nine stories from Boccaccio's "Decameron".An adaptation of nine stories from Boccaccio's "Decameron".An adaptation of nine stories from Boccaccio's "Decameron".
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- 1 win & 3 nominations
Jovan Jovanovic
- Rustico
- (scenes deleted)
Maria Gabriella Maione
- Una madonna
- (as Gabriella Frankel)
Pier Paolo Pasolini
- Allievo di Giotto
- (as P.P. Pasolini)
- Director
- Writers
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Did you know
- TriviaThe Decameron (1971) is the first film in Pier Paolo Pasolini's "Trilogy of Life," continuing with The Canterbury Tales (1972) and concluding with Arabian Nights (1974). Each film was an adaptation of a different piece of classical literature focusing on ribald and often irreligious themes. The tales contain abundant nudity, sex, slapstick and scatological humor.
- GoofsWhen the Mother Superior seduces the deaf-mute boy, he's sleeping in a tomato garden. Tomatoes are a New World crop that wouldn't be brought to Italy for another two centuries.
- Quotes
Allievo di Giotto: Why create a work of art when dreaming about it is so much sweeter?
- Alternate versionsAlthough 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.
- ConnectionsEdited into Porn to Be Free (2016)
- SoundtracksFenesta Ca Lucive
Written by Guglielmo Cottrau, Vincenzo Bellini and Giulio Genoino in 1842
Performed by Franco Citti
Sung by Ser Ciappelletto and his Neapolitan hosts in Germany. Also sung by one of the Neapolitans to a monk.
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This was fresh and enjoyable!
I haven't yet seen too many Pasolini films / I intend to do so though... I suppose many combine him with the disgusting Salo (100 days in Sodoma) but thats not the case here.
In Decameron is actually several shorts, 9 or so, a series of funny tales in medieval Italy with similar touch and atmosphere. The humour is great, we had various laughs in almost every single bit. Some of the humour might of course offend hardcore Christians, but this is by no means a minus in my book. Pasolini's assault to this eras ethics is truly a delight! And even if this dates back to 1971, the stories remain fresh and provocative as is, and this is the height of Pasolini's vision.
Many indicated this as erotic. Sure, there is much of full frontal male and female nudity, some of which quite stimulating, which might be too much for some. But this ain't no erotic film. There are stories which have not erotic element in - and there are nude scenes which function as laugh scenes. Overall, this is a multi-layered short-stories film. I RECOMMEND THIS TO ALL FANS OF COMEDY & European FILMS.
In Decameron is actually several shorts, 9 or so, a series of funny tales in medieval Italy with similar touch and atmosphere. The humour is great, we had various laughs in almost every single bit. Some of the humour might of course offend hardcore Christians, but this is by no means a minus in my book. Pasolini's assault to this eras ethics is truly a delight! And even if this dates back to 1971, the stories remain fresh and provocative as is, and this is the height of Pasolini's vision.
Many indicated this as erotic. Sure, there is much of full frontal male and female nudity, some of which quite stimulating, which might be too much for some. But this ain't no erotic film. There are stories which have not erotic element in - and there are nude scenes which function as laugh scenes. Overall, this is a multi-layered short-stories film. I RECOMMEND THIS TO ALL FANS OF COMEDY & European FILMS.
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- Sep 20, 2004
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- $839
- Runtime1 hour 51 minutes
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- 1.85 : 1
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