Giovanni Boccaccio

Giovanni Boccaccio

1313-06-16 Certaldo, Republic of Florence 27 Credits

Biography

Giovanni Boccaccio was an Italian writer, poet, correspondent of Petrarch, and an important Renaissance humanist. Boccaccio wrote a number of notable works, including "The Decameron" and "On Famous Women". He wrote his imaginative literature mostly in Tuscan vernacular, as well as other works in Latin, and is particularly noted for his realistic dialogue which differed from that of his contemporaries, medieval writers who usually followed formulaic models for character and plot.

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The Little Hours

The Little Hours

2017

Novel

5.9

Garfagnana, Italy, 1347. The handsome servant Masseto, fleeing from his vindictive master, takes shelter in a nunnery where three young nuns, Sister A...

Chichibio and the Crane

Chichibio and the Crane

2017

Original Story

Writing

An (un)ordinary day of an (un)ordinary family without hands.

Wondrous Boccaccio

Wondrous Boccaccio

2015

Novel

5.8

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 a...

The Dark Room

The Dark Room

2000

Original Story

4.2
Writing

In 14th-century France, Aliénor breaks with the codes governing girls’ behavior and does as she wishes. The King of France grants her the hand of her ...

A Few Love Stories

1994

Novel

1.0

A Few Love Stories based on classic novels by Giovanni Boccaccio, Anton Francesco Grazzini and Agnolo Firenzuola.

Lusty Liaisons

Lusty Liaisons

1994

Story

Writing

Series of erotic stories, inspired by La Fontaine's and Boccaccio's work.

Lusty Liaisons II

Lusty Liaisons II

1994

Story

Writing

Series of erotic stories, inspired by La Fontaine's and Boccaccio's work.

Zálety koňského handlíře

1991

Book

Boccaccio's famous Decameron brings ten beautiful stories that were told to pass the time by those who escaped from certain death from Florence when t...

Oko za oko

1991

Book

Boccaccio's famous Decameron brings ten beautiful stories told to pass the time by those who escaped certain death in Florence when the plague spread ...

The Reincarnation of Sex

The Reincarnation of Sex

1982

Story

4.7
Writing

Patricia is in love with Artur, who works in her parents’ farm. Both are very happy and full of plans, but Artur is violently killed by her father, le...

The Nights of Paloma

The Nights of Paloma

1978

Story

3.2
Writing

While being shuttled from her convent/boarding school to her wedding, a young lady of the upper classes is kidnapped by bandits. She gets to see the w...

Las delicias de los verdes años

Las delicias de los verdes años

1976

Book

1.0

In the Middle Age, a farmer named Mauro is heading to Madrid following the last will of his father.

Decameron 4

Decameron 4

1972

Novel

3.7

A comedy based on fourth novel out of "Decameron" by Giovanni Boccaccio.

Love, Passion and Pleasure

Love, Passion and Pleasure

1972

Novel

4.2

Cecco Angiolieri has joined, as storytellers and acrobats, the traveling company of Camillo. The stupidity of this man is so great that Cecco, inventi...

The Last Decameron: Adultery in 7 Easy Lessons

The Last Decameron: Adultery in 7 Easy Lessons

1972

Novel

3.7

Seven novels of Boccaccio featuring dirty jokes.

Nights of Boccaccio

Nights of Boccaccio

1972

Original Story

3.7
Writing

Boccaccio (also known as The Nights of Boccaccio) is a 1972 Italian comedy film written and directed by Bruno Corbucci. It is loosely based on the Gio...

Una cavalla tutta nuda

Una cavalla tutta nuda

1972

Author

2.4

The youngsters Folcacchio and Guffardo must bring an embassy to the Bishop of Volterra, and during the trip, the two boys meet the beautiful Gemmata. ...

Dekameron 40 czyli cudowne przytrafienie pewnego nieboszczyka

Dekameron 40 czyli cudowne przytrafienie pewnego nieboszczyka

1971

Short Story

4.2
Writing

Seven women gather to hear one of them tell a story of a strange incident that happened to a certain dead man.

Hry lásky šálivé

Hry lásky šálivé

1971

Short Story

2.0
Writing

Two historical stories about love. In the story "The Arabian Horse", the scheming townsman Messer Francesco Vergellesi is so firmly convinced of his w...

The Decameron

The Decameron

1971

Novel

6.9

A young Sicilian is swindled twice, but ends up rich; a man poses as a deaf-mute in a convent of curious nuns; a woman must hide her lover when her hu...

The Magic Pear Tree

The Magic Pear Tree

1968

Story

6.1
Writing

The famous lover Jean Navarro arrives at the castle of a marquis. This is a vulgar bon vivant who has been married to the young Chantelle for a short ...

Archangel Gabriel and Mistress Goose

Archangel Gabriel and Mistress Goose

1965

Short Story

5.8
Writing

Taken from Boccaccio's Decameron, this lovely puppet film tells the bawdy story of the beautiful young Venetian lady who confesses her sinful passion ...

The Dolls

The Dolls

1965

Novel

5.4

This semi-amusing sex (romance) comedy has four separate stories: "The Telephone Call", written by Rodolfo Sonego, directed by Dino Risi. "A Treatise ...

Decameron Nights

Decameron Nights

1953

Novel

5.0

Italian poet Boccaccio (Louis Jourdan) hides in the court of Fiammetta (Joan Fontaine) and tells three tales of love and lust.

Swing it, Boccaccio

Swing it, Boccaccio

1949

Story

4.0
Writing

The theater director Sten Rampe, Svend Blom and Ulrik Blad are on their way to Sten's summer house and suddenly get a flat tire. The fate brings them ...

For Woman's Favor

For Woman's Favor

1924

Story

Writing

A modern love story is the framework for a costume love story, based on Boccaccio's "The Falcon."

Decameron Nights

Decameron Nights

1924

Story

Writing

A Saracen sultan's disguised son loves an amnesiac Moslem princess.