Pier Paolo Pasolini
Franco Citti, Ninetto Davoli, Vincenzo Amato, Angela Luce, Pier Paolo Pasolini
111 mins
1971
ItalyFranceWest Germany
18 - Contains strong sex and sexualised nudity.
Italian; Neapolitan
Yes
Digital
Part of the Pasolini 100 Season
A richly textured epic based on eight varied and colourful tales by 14th-century Italian writer Giovanni Boccaccio. The stories Pasolini chooses to tell are characterised by two main conflicts: between the individual and social or religious dogma, and between the opportunist and his gullible victim. Pasolini weaves the stories together into a bawdy tapestry of a medieval Italy populated by artists, priests and magicians. Appearing in the role of the great pre-Renaissance painter Giotto, Pasolini himself guides the viewer through a cinematic landscape ripe with sensuality and irreverent humour.
This screening will be introduced by Dr Emanuela Patti (Lecturer in Italian, University of Edinburgh).
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