The Decameron(Il Decameron)
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Italy, France, West Germany · 1971
Rated R · 1h 52m
Director Pier Paolo Pasolini
Starring Franco Citti, Ninetto Davoli, Jovan Jovanović, Vincenzo Amato
Genre History, Drama, Comedy
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An adaptation of nine stories from Bocaccio's "Decameron": A young Sicilian is swindled twice, but ends up rich; a man poses as deaf-mute in a convent of curious nuns; a woman must hide her lover when her husband comes home early; a scoundrel fools a priest on his deathbed; and many more!
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