
The Black Decameron
1972-10-15 · 83 min · ★ 4.0
Five unrelated tales: (1) "The Ravishing Queen" / "La Reina Bella", in which the queen choses a king by devious endurance tests of the pretendants; (2) "The Punished Lovers", in which a fake blind husband is 'cured' after having the culprits banished from the tribe; (3) "The Old Prostitute" who manages to take revenge from all the village dignitaries who wrongfully condemned her brother; (4) "The Endless Search" that does not end until a hunter finds his perfect end-game; (5) "The Crazy Woman" whose illness was not exactly of the mind, but of an (almost) insatiable lust.
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- Directors
- Piero Vivarelli
- Production companies
- Gerico, Comacico, Finarco
- Countries
- France, Italy
- Status
- Released
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Beryl CunninghamQueen
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