The Decameron (1971 film)
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| '''''Il Decameron''''' (''The Decameron'') is a [[1971 in film|1971]] [[film]] by [[Italy|Italian]] [[film director|director]] [[Pier Paolo Pasolini]], based on the novel ''[[Decameron|Decamerone]]'' by [[Giovanni Boccaccio]]. It's the first movie of Pasolini's ''[[Trilogy of life]]'', the others being ''[[The Canterbury Tales (film)|The Canterbury Tales]]'' and ''[[Il fiore delle mille e una notte]]''. | '''''Il Decameron''''' (''The Decameron'') is a [[1971 in film|1971]] [[film]] by [[Italy|Italian]] [[film director|director]] [[Pier Paolo Pasolini]], based on the novel ''[[Decameron|Decamerone]]'' by [[Giovanni Boccaccio]]. It's the first movie of Pasolini's ''[[Trilogy of life]]'', the others being ''[[The Canterbury Tales (film)|The Canterbury Tales]]'' and ''[[Il fiore delle mille e una notte]]''. | ||
| - | The tales contain abundant [[nudity]], [[sex]], and [[slapstick]] humor. | + | The tales contain abundant [[nudity]], [[sex]], and [[slapstick]] humor in a nascent genre that would be dubbed [[decamerotico]]. |
| ==Cast== | ==Cast== | ||
| *'''[[Franco Citti]]''' as '''Ciappelletto''' | *'''[[Franco Citti]]''' as '''Ciappelletto''' | ||
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Il Decameron (The Decameron) is a 1971 film by Italian director Pier Paolo Pasolini, based on the novel Decamerone by Giovanni Boccaccio. It's the first movie of Pasolini's Trilogy of life, the others being The Canterbury Tales and Il fiore delle mille e una notte.
The tales contain abundant nudity, sex, and slapstick humor in a nascent genre that would be dubbed decamerotico.
Cast
- Franco Citti as Ciappelletto
- Ninetto Davoli as Andreuccio of Perugia
- Vincenzo Amato as Masetto of Lamporecchio
- Angela Luce as Peronella
- Giuseppe Zigaina as The Monk
- Pier Paolo Pasolini as Allievo di Giotto
- Vincenzo Ferrigno as Giannello
- Guido Alberti as Musciatto
- Vittorio Vittori as Don Giovanni
- Gianni Rizzo as Father Superior
- Monique van Vooren as the Queen of Skulls
- Silvana Mangano as The Madonna (uncredited)
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