Directed by:
Pier Paolo PasoliniScreenplay:
Pier Paolo PasoliniCinematography:
Tonino Delli ColliComposer:
Ennio MorriconeCast:
Franco Citti, Ninetto Davoli, Guido Mannari, Pier Paolo Pasolini, Guido Alberti, Silvana Mangano, Gianni Rizzo, Giani Esposito, Giacomo Rizzo (more)Plots(1)
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. (British Film Institute (BFI))
(more)Cast
Franco Citti
Italy
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Ninetto Davoli
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Guido Mannari
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Pier Paolo Pasolini
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Guido Alberti
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Silvana Mangano
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Gianni Rizzo
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Giani Esposito
Belgium
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Monique van Vooren
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Maria Gabriella Maione
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Patrizia De Clara
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