The Decameron, written by Boccaccio between 1348 and 1358, contains a hundred stories that are told in ten days of the lords of Florence kept away from the city because of the plague epidemic. Of all these stories, Pasolini will remember ten that he will link by bringing back here and there two or three characters, in particular that of Giotto (to whom he lends his features) who came to Naples to create a series of frescoes.
THE DECAMERON
(1971 – Colors – 106 mins)
Int. under 16 years old
SUPPLEMENTS
. NINETTO DAVOLI, THE PASOLINIAN FRIEND (INTERVIEW) (12 mn)
. VINTAGE TRAILER
. PHOTO SLIDESHOW
Released October 20, 2002
