Il Decameron

The film, shot in Neapolitan dialect, offers a variety of episodes from Giovanni Boccaccio's book, linked through a pupil of the painter Giotto. A young Sicilian is swindled twice, but ends up rich; a man poses as a deaf-mute in a convent of curious nuns, including Angela Luce as Peronella, where they prove insatiable; a woman must hide her lover when her husband comes home early; a scoundrel fools a priest on his deathbed; three brothers take revenge on their sister's lover; a young girl sleeps on the roof to meet her boyfriend at night; a group of painters wait for inspiration; a crafty priest attempts to seduce his friend's wife; and two friends make a pact to find out what happens after death.