The Decameron
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Pier Paolo Pasolini
Franco Citti
Ninetto Davoli
Angela Luce
Pier Paolo Pasolini
Silvana Mangano
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
An adaptation of nine stories from Bocaccio's "Decameron": 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 happen= s after death. Pasolini is up to his old tricks satirizing the Church, and throwing in liberal doses of life and love.
Cast
Franco Citti
Ninetto Davoli
Angela Luce
Pier Paolo Pasolini
Silvana Mangano
Patrizia Capparelli
Jovan Jovanovic
Gianni Rizzo
Crew
Umberto Angelucci
Beatrice Banfi
Giovanni Boccaccio
Giovanni Ciarlo
Tonino Delli Colli
Mario Dibiase
Danilo Donati
Dante Ferretti
Alberto Grimaldi
Alessandro Jacoponi
Ennio Morricone
Pier Paolo Pasolini
Pier Paolo Pasolini
Franco Rossellini
Pietro Spadoni
Carlo Tafani
Film Details
Technical Specs
Quotes
Trivia
The first film in Pier Paolo Pasolini's "Trilogy of Life", continuing with "The Canterbury Tales" and concluding with "Arabian Nights".
Miscellaneous Notes
Released in United States February 1971
Released in United States October 4, 1971
Released in United States November 1971
Released in United States May 1990
Released in United States 1991
Released in United States July 2000
Shown at Berlin Film Festival February 1971.
Shown at New York Film Festival October 4, 1971.
Shown at "Pier Paolo Pasolini: The Eyes of a Poet" at Museum of Modern Art in New York City May 17 & 24, 1990.
Shown at "Pier Paolo Pasolini: The Eyes of a Poet" at UCLA Film and Television Archive September 27 - December 20, 1991.
Shown at Karlovy Vary International Film Festival July 5-15, 2000.
Released in United States July 2000 (Shown at Karlovy Vary International Film Festival July 5-15, 2000.)
Released in United States May 1990 (Shown at "Pier Paolo Pasolini: The Eyes of a Poet" at Museum of Modern Art in New York City May 17 & 24, 1990.)
Released in United States November 1971 (Shown at FILMEX: Los Angeles International Film Exposition (Contemporary Cinema) November 4-14, 1971.)
Re-released in Paris October 3, 1990.
Released in United States 1991 (Shown at "Pier Paolo Pasolini: The Eyes of a Poet" at UCLA Film and Television Archive September 27 - December 20, 1991.)
Released in United States October 4, 1971 (Shown at New York Film Festival October 4, 1971.)
Released in United States February 1971 (Shown at Berlin Film Festival February 1971.)
The initial film of Pasolini's "Trilogy of Life" series.
Released in United States 1971
Released in United States 1971
