Boccaccio’s bawdy Decameron
is retold in Writers/Directors Paolo and Vittorio Taviani’s rather
vapid Wondrous Boccaccio.
It is the tale of 10 Florentines,
reminiscent of today’s Millennials, who escape the City during the plague of
1348 and live for a few weeks in the safer countryside, passing the time by
telling each other stories of tragic or comic love.
Unfortunately, only one of the five stories
we’re presented…The Nun’s Story…is worthy of our attention.
Though the entire cast is attractive, it is the outstandingly beautiful cinematography of Simone Zampagni, the
interesting sets of Production Designer Emita Frigato and the colorful costuming of Lina
Nerli Taviani, that make this production of interest.
For these factors, only, I give Wondrous
Boccaccio a 3 out of 5.
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