The Decameron

A film by Pier Paolo Pasolini

The first part of Pasolini’s colourful and highly erotic Trilogy of Life is full of bawdy, earthy spirit, romping through tales of lusty priests, cuckolded husbands, murdered lovers and grave-robbers – with five of the stories linked by the character of an intriguing artist, played by Pasolini himself. Pasolini’s visual notes for an unrealised film project, ‘Notes for an African Oresteia’, is also included here, fully restored to high definition by Cineteca di Bologna.

Format

Blu-ray  DVD  

Special features

  • Alternative English language version.
  • Original Italian trailer.
  • Notes for an African Oresteia (1970, b&w, 73 mins, 1.33:1).
  • Fully illustrated booklet including essays, reviews and biography.

Credits

Year

1970

Country

France, Germany, Italy

Buying options

Product information

Certificate

18

Colour

Colour

Languages

Italian

Subtitles

English

Original aspect ratio

1.85:1

DVD region

  • 2 Europe (except Russia, Ukraine, and Belarus), Middle East, Egypt, Japan, South Africa, Swaziland, Lesotho, Greenland, French Overseas departments and territories

Blu-ray region

  • B - Includes most European and Middle-Eastern countries, all of Africa, Australia and New Zealand

Catalogue number

BFIB1115