Wondrous Boccaccio
In the 13th century, 10 children escape an outbreak of the black death and seek shelter in the countryside. To distract themselves from hours spent uncomfortably trying to forget their precarious mortality, they tell each other stories about love: fulfilled, thwarted, illicit and rewarded.
13 August 1979, Pila, Wielkopolskie, Poland
24 November 1973, Rome, Lazio, Italy
14 March 1979, Taranto, Puglia, Italy
17 April 1990, San Gimignano, Tuscany, Italy
24 April 1981, Rome, Lazio, Italy
21 May 1979, Avezzano, Abruzzo, Italy
31 October 1969, Rome, Lazio, Italy
11 September 1975, Parma, Emilia-Romagna, Italy
October 20, 2015
Think of it as mildly diverting museum dioramas come to life and you'll do okay.
February 06, 2017
Wondrous Boccaccio sets out to tell five stories filled with love, lust, loss and loyalty, but instead falls flat.
April 22, 2015
This isn't the Taviani brothers' strongest film to date, but it's one that feels uniquely at peace with the limitations of art and depiction in the face of oblivion.
April 20, 2015
Here's a leaden affair with some lovely visuals and colorful gowns that seem just picked up from the dry cleaners. What's strange here is that the joy of Boccaccio's sagas still seep through: his high veneration of both love and sex in equal measure.
