Movie1971 · Released · 112 min
The film, shot in Neapolitan dialect at the behest of the director, offers a variety of episodes from the stories most characteristic of the work of Giovanni Boccaccio, and are linked through a pupil of the painter Giotto (played by Pasolini himself) who arrives in Naples to paint a mural.
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Franco Citti
Ciappelletto
Ninetto Davoli
Andreuccio of Perugia
Jovan Jovanović
Rustico (scenes deleted)
Angela Luce
Peronella
Vincenzo Amato
Masetto of Lamporecchio
Giuseppe Zigaina
Monk
Maria Gabriella Maione
Una Madonna
Vincenzo Cristo
Pier Paolo Pasolini
Allievo di Giotto
Giorgio Iovine
Lizio da Valbona
Salvatore Bilardo
Vincenzo Ferrigno
Giannello
Guido Alberti
Musciatto, Wealthy Merchant
Vittorio Vittori
Don Giovanni
Gianni Rizzo
Father Superior
Patrizia De Clara
Nun
Monique van Vooren
Queen of Skulls
Enzo Spitaleri
Monk
Luciano Telli
Monk
Elisabetta Genovese
Caterina (uncredited)
Luigi Seraponte
Antonio Diddio
Mirella Catanesi
Gemmata
Vincenzo De Luca
Erminio Nazzaro
Giovanni Filidoro
Lino Crispo
Don Gianni
Alfredo Sivoli
Silvana Mangano
The Madonna (uncredited)
Giacomo Rizzo
Padre Superiore
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