1972 I racconti di Canterbury Movie 1-Disc Box Set for Gift Collection Blu-ray

Plot Summary

This film is based on the literary work "Canterbury Tales", and selects eight independent stories from the original work. With a short, concise, and explicit narrative style, it reflects the various social phenomena of medieval England. This film emphasizes sex as a weapon to resist religious constraints and fight for human freedom. It realistically portrays a vastly different set of characters, including the extravagant city lord, the petty man who specializes in reporting and extorting, the student who seduces the young woman next door, the promiscuous and debauched wealthy woman, and the little rascal living at the bottom of society. The film "Canterbury Tales" directed by the famous Italian director Pierre Paolo Pasolini is adapted from the collection of poetic novels of the same name by the 14th century British poet Geoffrey Chaucer. Director Pasolini personally played Chaucer. This film is the second part of Pasolini's "Trilogy of Life", with the other two parts being "The Decameron" and "One Thousand and One Nights". The film won the Golden Bear Award at the 22nd Berlin International Film Festival in 1972.