Wondrous Boccaccio

Wondrous Boccaccio

116 mins | Drama, Comedy, Romance, History | Feb. 26, 2015

It's 1348. The plague has brutally hit Florence. A group of then young people, seven women and three men, rebel against the feeling of death that is about to swallow them. They flee the city and find refuge in an abandoned villa in the Tuscan hills. Here, between moral doubts and the tasks needed to survive, they kill time by telling each other stories until they will decide to return. The stories are varied - tragic, bizarre, funny or erotic - but common and central to all of them is the female presence.

Wondrous Boccaccio

116 mins | Drama, Comedy, Romance, History | Feb. 26, 2015

Wondrous Boccaccio
It's 1348. The plague has brutally hit Florence. A group of then young people, seven women and three men, rebel against the feeling of death that is about to swallow them. They flee the city and find refuge in an abandoned villa in the Tuscan hills. Here, between moral doubts and the tasks needed to survive, they kill time by telling each other stories until they will decide to return. The stories are varied - tragic, bizarre, funny or erotic - but common and central to all of them is the female presence.
IMDb rating 5.8
Producers Cinemaundici, Stemal Entertainment, Barbary Films
Original title Maraviglioso Boccaccio
Directors Andrea Vellucci, Fabrizio Imparato, Giorgia Onofri, Mimmola Girosi, Francesco Vedovati, Vittorio Taviani, Paolo Taviani
Writers Giovanni Boccaccio, Vittorio Taviani, Paolo Taviani

Cast

Lello Arena

as Duca Tancredi

Paola Cortellesi

as Badessa Usimbalda

Carolina Crescentini

as Isabetta

Flavio Parenti

as Nicoluccio Cacciamanico

Vittoria Puccini

as Catalina

Michele Riondino

as Guiscardo

Kim Rossi Stuart

as Calandrino

Riccardo Scamarcio

as Gentile Carisendi

Kasia Smutniak

as Ghismunda

Jasmine Trinca

as Giovanna

Josafat Vagni

as Federico degli Alberighi

Melissa Bartolini

as Elissa

Eugenia Costantini

as Neifile

Moisé Curia

as Panfilo

Miriam Dalmazio

as Fiammetta

Camilla Diana

as Lauretta

Nicolò Diana

as Filostrato

Fabrizio Falco

as Dioneo

Ilaria Giachi

as Emilia

Barbara Giordano

as Pampinea

Marco Iermanò

as Uomo sul campanile

Vanni De Lucia

as Convitato Gentile