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Il Decameron (The Decameron)

Media: Streaming Only
Author/Director: Pier Paolo Pasolini
Language: Italian
Subtitles: English
Description:

An adaptation of nine stories from Bocaccio's "Decameron":

1. A young man from Perugia is swindled twice in Naples, but ends up rich
2. A man poses as a deaf-mute in a convent of curious nuns
3. A woman must hide her lover when her husband comes home early
4. A scoundrel fools a priest on his deathbed
5. Three brothers take revenge on their sister's lover
6. A young girl sleeps on the roof to meet her boyfriend at night
7. A group of painters wait for inspiration
8. A crafty priest attempts to seduce his friend's wife
9. Two friends make a pact to find out what happens after death