In this bawdy and controversial film, Pasolini reinterprets Boccaccio’s work in order to comment on contemporary society. Although the narrative is still set primarily in medieval Italy, Pasolini re-orders and re-frames a selection of the original novellas to explicitly address class conflict in an attempt to realize his idea of “popular cinema.” Famously lusty nuns and members of the clergy, devious merchants, and the most sincere of young lovers populate this wild adaptation. content note: ​nudity, sexual situations Event Url