THE DECAMERON
ItalyFranceGermany, 1971
Original title: Il decameron
Director: Pier Paolo Pasolini. Director assistants: Sergio Citti, Umberto Angelucci. Screenplay: Pier Paolo Pasolini, from the Decameron by Giovanni Boccaccio. Art director: Dante Ferretti. Cinematographer: Tonino Delli Colli. Editor: Nino Baragli, Tatiana Casini Morigi. Music compiled by: Pier Paolo Pasolini and Ennio Morricone. Sound manager: Pietro Spadoni. Costume designer: Danilo Donati. Cast and characters: Franco Citti (Ciappelletto of Prato), Ninetto Davoli (Andreuccio of Perugia), Angela Luce (Peronella), Pier Paolo Pasolini (Giotto’ s pupil), Giuseppe Zigaina (friar), Vincenzo Amato (Masetto of Lamporecchio), Guido Alberti (a rich merchant), Gianni Rizzo (Father Superior), Elisabetta Genovese (Caterina), Silvana Mangano (La Madonna). Produzione: PEA (Roma) Les Productions Artistes Associés (Parigi). Length: 111’.
Format: DCP. Source: Cineteca di Bologna under licence from Park Circus.
Original version. Subtitles: English
In the first film of the “trilogy of life” Pasolini creates, from Boccaccio’s nine short stories, a happy work, a game, in which ” it is narrated for the sake of narration ” (Pier Paolo Pasolini).
“I didn’t choose characters from the Decameron by chance but to offer examples of reality. A character from the Decameron is the exact opposite of a character seen in television programs or so-called comfort films. This is to remain only on the level of the figurative idea. From the Decameron onwards, this is what matters most, this physicality of the character, which imposes itself. “
(P.P.P.)
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