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The Decameron   1971         R, 110 min. Genre: Foreign / Comedy / Drama aka: Il decameron Director: Pier Paolo Pasolini   Cast: Franco Citti, Ninetto Davoli, Giuseppe Zigaina, Pier Paolo Pasolini, Angela Luce, Silvana Mangano, Vincenzo Amato, Vincenzo Cristo, Gabriella Frankel, Vincenzo Ferrigno, Salvatore Bilardo, Guido Alberti, Giorgio Iovine, Luigi Seraponte, Mirella Catanesi   Boccaccio's story is the first of a series of three, 14th century tales brought to the screen by Pier Paolo Pasolini. "Canterbury Tales" (1972) and "Arabian Nights" (1974) follow. The stories in this film involve lovers, merchants, priests, and scoundrels handling life in their own unique ways in a world filled with sexual repression during a much earlier era. Cast Franco Citti Ciappelletto Ninetto Davoli Andreuccio of Perugia Giuseppe Zigaina Monk Pier Paolo Pasolini Allievo di Giotto Angela Luce Peronella Vincenzo Amato Masetto of Lamporecchio Vincenzo Ferrigno Giannello Guido Alberti Musciatto