# The Ribald Decameron

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1972 film by Giuseppe Vari

The Ribald Decameron Directed by Giuseppe Vari Written by Gastone Ramazzotti Antonio Racioppi Starring Malisa Longo Giacomo Rizzo Orchidea De Santis Cinematography Carlo Cerchio Edited by Manlio Camastro Music by Mario Bertolazzi Release date 1972 (1972) Running time 85 min Country Italy Language Italian

***The Ribald Decameron*** ([Italian](/source/Italian_language): *Beffe, licenzie et amori del Decamerone segreto*, also known as *Love, Passion and Pleasure*) is a 1972 Italian [commedia sexy all'italiana](/source/Commedia_sexy_all'italiana) film directed by [Giuseppe Vari](/source/Giuseppe_Vari) (here credited as Walter Pisani). Nominally based on the [Giovanni Boccaccio](/source/Giovanni_Boccaccio)'s novel *[Decameron](/source/Decameron)*, it is part of a series of derivative erotic comedies based on the success of [Pier Paolo Pasolini](/source/Pier_Paolo_Pasolini)'s *[The Decameron](/source/The_Decameron_(1971_film))*.[1][2]

## Plot summary

In the [Middle Ages](/source/Middle_Ages), the intrepid Cecco earns eating in taverns and squares as a novelist. His specialty is to re-read the *Decameron* of Boccaccio, narrating the stories most erotic and licentious, whose theme loves of nuns and friars, and rich women who want to fool their old husbands with bold boys.

## Cast

- [Dado Crostarosa](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Dado_Crostarosa&action=edit&redlink=1): Cecco

- [Malisa Longo](/source/Malisa_Longo): Madre Lucrezia

- [Orchidea De Santis](/source/Orchidea_De_Santis): Dinda

- [Giacomo Rizzo](/source/Giacomo_Rizzo): Camillo

- [Patrizia Viotti](/source/Patrizia_Viotti): Tessa

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-70dl_1-0)** Roberto Chiti; Roberto Poppi; Enrico Lancia. *Dizionario del cinema italiano: I film*. Gremese, 1991. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [8876059350](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/8876059350).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-stracult_2-0)** Marco Giusti (1999). *Dizionario dei film italiani stracult*. Sperling & Kupfer. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [8820029197](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/8820029197).

## External links

- [*The Ribald Decameron*](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0068259/) at [IMDb](/source/IMDb_(identifier))

v t e Films directed by Giuseppe Vari (Joseph Warren) 1950s Infame accusa (1953) Due lacrime (1954) Mamma, perdonami! (1954) Vendicata! (1955) Addio sogni di gloria (1955) Il ricatto di un padre (1957) Giovane canaglia (1958) Spavaldi e innamorati (1959) 1960s Revenge of the Barbarians (1960) Attack of the Normans (1962) Canzoni in... bikini (1963) Rome Against Rome (1964) Degueyo (1966) Poker with Pistols (1967) Death Rides Along (1967) The Last Killer (1967) A Hole in the Forehead (1968) Un posto all'inferno (1969) 1970s– 1987 Shoot the Living and Pray for the Dead (1971) The Last Traitor (1971) Who Killed the Prosecutor and Why? (1972) The Ribald Decameron (1972) Lady Dynamite (1973) Metti... che ti rompo il muso (1973) Legend of the Sea Wolf (1975) Sister Emanuelle (1977) Return of the 38 Gang (1977) Urban Warriors (1987)

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