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Wondrous Boccaccio

Maraviglioso Boccaccio

2015

Paolo Taviani, Vittorio Taviani

Lello Arena, Kasia Smutniak, Jasmine Trinca, Kim Rossi Stuart ...

5.7

269

Drama. Comedy Florence, Thirteenth Century. The "Black Death" is spreading. Ten kids (three boys and seven girls) decide to escape and to seek shelter in the countryside, away from the horrible consequences of the plague. In order to kill time, each kid tells a particular story, but no matter how different their stories may be, they all have one aspect in common: love. A love that will help the characters cope with the numerous uncertainties of a very arduous age. [+]

	Author	Review
United States	Chris Cabin Slant	"This isn't the Taviani brothers' strongest film to date, but it's one that feels uniquely at peace with the limitations of art and depiction in the face of oblivion."	POS
United States	Jay Weissberg Variety	"A bland, straightforward adaptation of Boccaccio’s 'Decameron,' lacking the bawdy subversion of the book or earlier cinematic versions."	NEU
United States	Deborah Young The Hollywood Reporter	"A softened classic, but beautiful to behold"	POS

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