The Decameron

This film (drama)Also known asIl Decameron，is aItaly, France, West GermanyProducerwomen sex，At1971Released in year 。The dialogue language isItalian, Neapolitan，Current Douban rating7.5(For reference only)。

Awarded the Jury Grand Prix at the Berlin Film Festival. The film is based on the famous collection of novellas "The Decameron" by Boccaccio from the Italian Renaissance, from which Pasolini selected 8 (some say 10) stories set in Naples and other regions of southern Italy (the original work primarily consists of stories from the Florence region). Most of these stories aim to expose the hypocrisy and ugliness of the Church, vividly reflecting the author's affirmative attitude towards the liberation of human nature. The original work "The Decameron" is one of the most important literary works of the Italian Renaissance, set against the backdrop of the Black Death in the 14th century. Through one hundred stories told by ten young people, it boldly lashes out against the various atrocities of the Catholic Church at the time, showcasing the desires of the common people to pursue freedom and break free from religious constraints. This work, characterized by its clear realism, is regarded as a masterpiece of classical European literature and is praised as the "human comedy" alongside Dante's "Divine Comedy." The director Pasolini, who emerged in the later period of Italian Neorealism, continued his creative path from the 1960s, warning contemporary society through themes of ancient mythology, and adapted and filmed three classical masterpieces: "The Decameron," "The Canterbury Tales," and "One Thousand and One Nights," collectively known as the "Trilogy of Life." Due to the numerous explicit scenes in these three films and the relatively popular entertainment film approach, some film scholars refer to them as Pasolini's "trilogy of pornography." Regarding this, Pasolini articulated his creative perspective: "What I present to the audience is the whole world, a feudal world, where desire plays a profoundly and passionately dominant role in everything... I want to bring out this world and say: you can compare it, I want to show you, I want to tell you, I want to remind you."