The Decameron
Call Number: Digital Video
Alternate Title:Il decameron
Year: 1971
Director: Pier Paolo Pasolini
Duration: 111 mins
Language(s): Italian
Subtitle Language(s): English
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.