Wondrous Boccaccio

Product Description

Set against the backdrop of a 14th century, black plague-stricken Florence, ten young men and women escape to a country estate where they spend their days telling stories of love, fate, and resurrection. From legendary Italian filmmaking brothers Paolo and Vittorio Taviani, directors of the Palme d’Or winning Fiorile and Golden Bear award-winning Caesar Must Die, Wondrous Boccaccio is a visual and poetic tribute to the stories that emerged from one of the darkest periods in Italian history, and the imaginations that quietly fueled them.
Package includes: Directors’ statement, Why-We-Selected statement, and chapter breaks.
Bonus Feature includes: Short film, Ground Floor, directed by Asya Aizen.

Review

OFFICIAL SELECTION – Tribeca Film Festival
OFFICIAL SELECTION – Edinburgh Int’l Film Festival
OFFICIAL SELECTION – Sydney Film Festival
OFFICIAL SELECTION – Beijing Int’l Film Festival
OFFICIAL SELECTION – Karlovy Vary Int’l Film Festival
OFFICIAL SELECTION – Goteborg Int’l Film Festival
OFFICIAL SELECTION – Vancouver Int’l Film Festival —

The Tavianis place the action which ranges from the pathos of a woman revived by a lover s touch to the comedy of a craftsman who’s the butt of a metaphysical practical joke in ancient buildings and landscapes that seem to vibrate with erotic passions inflamed by the presence of death…. –Richard Brody, The New Yorker

…thrilling and packed with illuminating details and striking personalities… –The New York Times