Appassionata / Passionate (1974)
Drama
Two teenage friends conspire to find out how much their youthful sensuality can disrupt one of their households, headed by a dentist and his mentally-ill wife.
Starring: Gabriele Ferzetti, Ornella Muti, Eleonora Giorgi, Ninetto Davoli, Valentina Cortese
Director: Gianluigi Calderone
Arabian Nights / Il fiore delle mille e una notte (1974)
Comedy | Drama | Fantasy
Ten tales of love and lovemaking, linked by the story of Mur-El-Din and his search for his kidnapped slave girl.
Starring: Ninetto Davoli, Franco Citti, Franco Merli
Director: Pier Paolo Pasolini
The Canterbury Tales / I racconti di Canterbury (1972)
Comedy | Drama
Six of Chaucer's classic 15th-century tales presented complete with all their bawdy humor about romance, deception and lust. Second film in Pasolini's "Trilogy of Life."
Starring: Hugh Griffith, Laura Betti, Ninetto Davoli
Director: Pier Paolo Pasolini
The Decameron / Il Decameron (1971)
Comedy | Drama
Pasolini wrote, directed and stars in this richly textured epic based on eight tales by 14th- century Italian writer Giovanni Boccaccio. Pasolini weaves the stories together into a bawdy tapestry of a medieval Italy populated by artists, priests and magicians. Appearing in the role of the great pre-Renaissance painter Giotto, Pasolini guides the viewer through a cinematic landscape ripe with sensuality and irreverent humor. First in Pasolini's "Trilogy of Life," which also includes 'The Arabian Nights' and 'The Cantebury Tales". Originally rated X by the MPAA.
Starring: Franco Citti, Ninetto Davoli, Jovan Jovanovic
Director: Pier Paolo Pasolini
