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Boccaccio (1972)

Boccaccio poster
Directed by
Bruno Corbucci
Genre
comedy film
Country
France, Italy
Runtime
1h 38m
Rated
T
Rating
4.2 of 10 from 7 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A series of comic tales set in medieval Italy, loosely based on stories about love and trickery. A group of characters get into humorous situations involving romance and deception.

lightheartedplayfulcomicrambunctiousold-fashionedfolksyfast-paced

What happens

Boccaccio (also known as The Nights of Boccaccio) is a 1972 Italian comedy film written and directed by Bruno Corbucci. It is loosely based on the Giovanni Boccaccio's novel Decameron, and it is part of a series of derivative comedies based on the success of Pier Paolo Pasolini's The Decameron (1971). (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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