Il Decameron
The Decameron is a 1971 anthology film written and directed by Pier Paolo Pasolini, based on the 14th-century allegory by Giovanni Boccaccio. It is the first film of Pasolini's Trilogy of Life, the others being The Canterbury Tales and Arabian Nights. 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 humour.
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author | Pier Paolo Pasolini |
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award | Silver Bear Grand Jury Prize |
contentLocation | Italy |
director | Pier Paolo Pasolini |
editor | Nino Baragli Tatiana Casini Morigi |
genre | comedy fantasy |
keywords | basilica of santa chiara bury church coming home cry cunning curse dead body deaf and dumb disabled getting married giotto giovanni boccaccio hear hide holy man id kill lamporecchio married messina morning mother superior naples neapolitan neapolitan language old man one night only way other man paint pederasty perugia prato read rich lady run away scold scream search set up sexual intercourse sibling sicilian sleep spit steal trap door usurer young boy young man young woman |
musicBy | Ennio Morricone |
producer | Alberto Grimaldi |
productionCompany | Produzioni Europee Associate Les Productions Artistes Associés Artemis Films |
publisher | United Artists |
recordedAt | Centre-Val de Loire |
theme | anthology lgbt-related slapstick |