Country: Italy
Year: 1971
Duration: 111'
Nine short stories and a frame, in which the director himself carves out the role of a pupil of Giotto, which bring the vital and mocking, foul-mouthed and promiscuous Middle Ages of the Boccaccio anthology to the big screen. An exuberant and evocative fresco, which looks to fourteenth-century painting and beyond, in which embraces and death, excrement and religion are intertwined, with grotesque and playful results. The first chapter of the "Trilogy of Life", winner of the Silver Bear at the 1971 Berlinale, denounced and tried, was a huge success at the box office and was the progenitor of the so-called decamerotic vein.
Biography
film director
Pier Paolo Pasolini
One of the most controversial intellectuals of the post-World War II period, Pier Paolo Pasolini (1922 – 1975) left an enormous imprint on the culture of our country, of which has been subtle critic and unstoppable flogger. Writer, poet, essayist, as a director he has experimented with languages and styles, proving to be a unique voice in the world film scene and giving us masterpieces such as Accattone (1961), Mamma Roma (1962), The Gospel According to St. Matthew (1964), Theorem (1968), Salò, or the 120 days of Sodom (1975).
Cast
& Credits
Sceneggiatura/Screenplay Pier Paolo Pasolini
Montaggio/Editing Nino Baragli, Tatiana Casini Morigi
Fotografia/Photography Tonino Delli Colli
Scenografia/Production Design Dante Ferretti
Suono/Sound Gianni D'Amico, Mario Morigi, Pietro Spadoni, Massimo Anzellotti
Musica/Music Pier Paolo Pasolini, Ennio Morricone
Interpreti/Cast Ninetto Davoli, Franco Citti, Vincenzo Amato, Maria Gabriella Maione, Angela Luce, Giuseppe Zigaina, Pier Paolo Pasolini
Produttore/Producer Alberto Grimaldi, Franco Rossellini
Produzione/Production PEA Produzione Europee Associate, Les Productions Artistes Associés, Artemis Film
Montaggio/Editing Nino Baragli, Tatiana Casini Morigi
Fotografia/Photography Tonino Delli Colli
Scenografia/Production Design Dante Ferretti
Suono/Sound Gianni D'Amico, Mario Morigi, Pietro Spadoni, Massimo Anzellotti
Musica/Music Pier Paolo Pasolini, Ennio Morricone
Interpreti/Cast Ninetto Davoli, Franco Citti, Vincenzo Amato, Maria Gabriella Maione, Angela Luce, Giuseppe Zigaina, Pier Paolo Pasolini
Produttore/Producer Alberto Grimaldi, Franco Rossellini
Produzione/Production PEA Produzione Europee Associate, Les Productions Artistes Associés, Artemis Film
Distribuzione/Distribution Cineteca di Bologna
