Wondrous Boccaccio
In the 13th century, 10 children escape an outbreak of the black death and seek shelter in the countryside. To distract themselves from hours spent uncomfortably trying to forget their precarious mortality, they tell each other stories about love: fulfilled, thwarted, illicit and rewarded.
31 October 1969, Rome, Lazio, Italy
17 April 1990, San Gimignano, Tuscany, Italy
13 August 1979, Pila, Wielkopolskie, Poland
18 April 1980, Rome, Lazio, Italy
18 November 1979, Florence, Tuscany, Italy
April 22, 2015
This isn't the Taviani brothers' strongest film to date, but it's one that feels uniquely at peace with the limitations of art and depiction in the face of oblivion.
October 20, 2015
Think of it as mildly diverting museum dioramas come to life and you'll do okay.
April 20, 2015
Here's a leaden affair with some lovely visuals and colorful gowns that seem just picked up from the dry cleaners. What's strange here is that the joy of Boccaccio's sagas still seep through: his high veneration of both love and sex in equal measure.
February 06, 2017
Wondrous Boccaccio sets out to tell five stories filled with love, lust, loss and loyalty, but instead falls flat.
