The Decameron

The Decameron

  • Director: Pier Paolo Pasolini
  • Writer: Giovanni Boccaccio,Pier Paolo Pasolini
  • Countries of origin: Italy, France, West Germany
  • Language: Italian, Neapolitan, German, Latin
  • Release date: October 29, 1971
  • Sound mix: Mono
  • Aspect ratio: 1.85 : 1
  • Also known as: Decamerone
  • "Decameron" is a feature film directed by PP Pasolini and starring Ninato Davoli and others.
    The film is adapted from Giovanni Boccaccio's novel "Decameron" and tells stories about sex, farce and vulgar humor.

    Details

    • Release date October 29, 1971
    • Filming locations Mount Vesuvius, Naples, Campania, Italy
    • Production companies Produzioni Europee Associate (PEA), Les Productions Artistes Associés, Artemis Film

    Movie reviews

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    • By Jess 2022-01-20 08:01:46

      Pasolini said...

      Pasolini is a courageous guy, so courageous that makes people appreciate, in fact, whether it is "The Legend of Canterbury", "Decameron" or "A Thousand and One Nights" all the plots are very old, copy some folk Obscene stories are connected together without any inside. Hao's non-aesthetic pictures and ugly-looking actors make obscene even more obscene. However, he seems to fit this narrative style very well, messy, just like the naked men and women in the movie and their sex, messy mess. The...

    • By Sam 2022-01-20 08:01:46

      The Law of Desire in Decameron

      The first time I saw Pasolini was "120 Days of Sodom" and Pasolini was "Decameron". After watching "120 Days of Sodom", "Decameron" can be said Warm and normal a lot. This time, "Decameron" has no scenes of eating shit, no scenes of sexual abuse, and no final brutal execution. The story of the book "The Decameron" may be familiar to everyone. Ten men and women get together for ten days, and each person tells a story every day. There are a hundred stories in total, expressing the people's desire...

    • By Haylie 2022-01-20 08:01:46

      Director said

      This film is adapted from the Decameron by Boccaccio, a pioneer of the Renaissance movement. "The Decameron" is about the kala-azar in 1348. When 10 young men and women took refuge in the country, each of them told one story every day, and 100 stories were told in 10 days. The main thread of these stories is humanistic thinking, criticizing the Catholic Church, and expressing the demands of the populace to get rid of the shackles of the medieval church. These stories also praised life in...

    • By Lavada 2022-01-20 08:01:46

      Tell me why it gives me a novel feeling

      The film's narrative techniques, scenes, lines, and performances are all very interesting.

      Maybe it's because of the age, maybe because the director's consciousness is special. In short, I feel different from many movies.

      The plot of the movie can be said to be very vague. There is no narration, no words, but pure techniques. Maybe the technique is richer now, but the technique is even less.

      The nun’s lust is slapped with a stick on the male servant’s lower...

    • By Alexandrine 2022-01-20 08:01:46

      An Italian classic carnival

      Several stories were selected from Boccaccio's "Decameron" and then filmed into a movie that was nearly 2 hours in length. The whole movie is like a strong Italian oil painting, with fanatical colors, undoubtedly expressing a theme, let the sex be more violent.

      It seems that the book "Decameron" or the film adaptation is only understood as a sexual carnival. It is indeed a bit superficial, but perhaps this is the theme of the whole film and it cannot be saved.
      The two friends bet...

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    • By Theresa 2022-03-20 09:02:41

      The first part of Pasolini's "Trilogy of Life". The director boldly chooses amateur actors and allows them to play freely. The sound effects are unmodified live soundtracks, and there is no soundtrack. However, he has put a lot of effort into makeup, costumes, dialogue and setting, trying to restore the scene of medieval Italy; the narrative is extremely ironic And entertaining, the naked erotic drama that the director is good at has also attracted a lot of controversy. But the story is slower...

    • By Hilton 2022-03-20 09:02:41

      The film with a strong sense of ritual restores the messy but very authentic and credible Renaissance Florence. The original intention of Bogaqiu’s book is probably to respond to the "Renaissance" movement, oppose Catholicism, and pursue human liberation. Of course, as an excellent adaptor, these elements are restored in Pasolini's films, and he adds the eternal theme of his films: sex. It’s really not a holy thing, but it’s never...

    • By Blake 2022-03-19 09:01:08

      Who will shoot our "San Yan Two...

    • By Stan 2022-03-19 09:01:08

      Pasolini's trilogy of life, neo-realism, rough room, non-professional actor. Naples, siblings cheating, tomb thief, dying bleaching confession, monastery deaf gardener, selling water tanks for smuggling, "get up and see how your daughter caught her nightingale", hiding the lover's head in a vanilla pot, A woman turning into a donkey, cheating on a donkey is not counted as a crime in hell, and the church muralist said to himself, “Why do you create art when your dreams are...

    • By Amiya 2022-03-19 09:01:08

      When cheating, don’t put the priest’s underwear on your head as a...

    Movie plot

    Adapted from the classic masterpiece of Giovanni Boccaccio , including seven stories: a young man was cheated twice but eventually made a fortune; a young man pretended to be a deaf and mute and got into the monastery and messed up the hearts of the nuns; a housewife was clever Deal with her husband who interrupted her affair; a priest cheated on her deathbed to obtain blessings and forgiveness after death; three brothers murdered his...
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    Movie quotes

    • The Madonna: This wine is bliss for us to piss!

    • Allievo di Giotto: Why create a work of art when dreaming about it is so much sweeter?