Wondrous Boccaccio

Maraviglioso Boccaccio

MS12

Genre

Comedy, Drama

Director

Paolo Taviani, Vittorio Taviani

Run time

2h 1min

Cast

Jasmine Trinca, Kim Stuart, Michele Riondino, Paola Cortellesi, Lello Arena

Florence, Italy, 1348. As the plague ravages the city dwellers of Tuscany, a group of young men and women takes shelter in a remote villa in the hills surrounding Florence. Now living as a community, they decide to tell each other a story a day to take their minds off their precarious situation…

Paolo and Vittorio Taviani return after Cesar must die (2012, Golden Berlin Bear) to celebrate the power of youth, love and poetry in a colourful adaptation of The Decameron by Giovanni Boccaccio, a masterpiece of classical Italian literature.

“Beautiful.” The Hollywood Reporter

“The Taviani brothers are among the last titans of classic Italian cinema.” The Guardian

Genre

Comedy, Drama

Director

Paolo Taviani, Vittorio Taviani

Run time

2h 1min

Cast

Jasmine Trinca, Kim Stuart, Michele Riondino, Paola Cortellesi, Lello Arena

Florence, Italy, 1348. As the plague ravages the city dwellers of Tuscany, a group of young men and women takes shelter in a remote villa in the hills surrounding Florence. Now living as a community, they decide to tell each other a story a day to take their minds off their precarious situation…

Paolo and Vittorio Taviani return after Cesar must die (2012, Golden Berlin Bear) to celebrate the power of youth, love and poetry in a colourful adaptation of The Decameron by Giovanni Boccaccio, a masterpiece of classical Italian literature.

“Beautiful.” The Hollywood Reporter

“The Taviani brothers are among the last titans of classic Italian cinema.” The Guardian

Info

Rating

Under 12 Not Recommended

Production year

2016

Global distributor

-

Local distributor

Estinfilm OÜ

In cinema

3/25/2016