The Decameron

Pier Paolo Pasolini writes, directs and stars in this Italian comedy drama based on Giovanni Boccaccio's novel. Made up of nine individual stories, the film includes tales of betrayed husbands, young lovers, immoral nuns, deceptive doctors and unlikely saints as well as two friends who wish to find out about the afterlife. Meanwhile, a painter's pupil named Allievo di Giotto (Pasolini) arrives in Naples to paint a mural.

Director: Pier Paolo Pasolini
Producer: Alberto Grimaldi
Writer: Pier Paolo Pasolini
Music: Ennio Morricone
Music: Pier Paolo Pasolini
Actor: Franco Citti
Actor: Ninetto Davoli
Actor: Angela Luce
Actor: Patrizia Capparelli
Actor: Jovan Jovanovic
Actor: Silvana Mangano
Actor: Vincenzo Ferrigno
Actor: Elizabetta Davoli
Actor: Vincenzo Amato
Actor: Pier Paolo Pasolini
Cinematographer: Tonino Delli Colli