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Films like The Decameron.

The Decameron (1971) reads as Warm, steady, gentle drama / comedy, inventive in texture. Ambivalent, intimate, measured. Every film below is ranked by distance across the same twelve hand-scored axes — with what it keeps, and where it walks away. Not a genre dump.

The Eccentrics (1974) poster
1. The Eccentrics1974

Keeps the patient, unhurried pace and the unmistakable directorial hand — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

An Unusual Exhibition (1968) poster
2. An Unusual Exhibition1968

Keeps the patient, unhurried pace and the unmistakable directorial hand — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Capriccio all'italiana (1968) poster
3. Capriccio all'italiana1968

Keeps the patient, unhurried pace and the unmistakable directorial hand — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Mama Turns 100 (1979) poster
4. Mama Turns 1001979

Keeps the unmistakable directorial hand and the cold, bleak undertow; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

Blue Mountains, or Unbelievable Story (1983) poster
5. Blue Mountains, or Unbelievable Story1983

Keeps the patient, unhurried pace and the unmistakable directorial hand — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

The Witches (1967) poster
6. The Witches1967

Keeps the patient, unhurried pace and the unmistakable directorial hand — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Boccaccio '70 (1962) poster
7. Boccaccio '701962

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the gentle temperature; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

The End of a Priest (1969) poster
8. The End of a Priest1969

Keeps the patient, unhurried pace and the cold, bleak undertow — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

The Girls (1968) poster
9. The Girls1968

Keeps the patient, unhurried pace and the unmistakable directorial hand — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

The Canterbury Tales (1972) poster
10. The Canterbury Tales1972

Keeps the patient, unhurried pace and the unmistakable directorial hand; trades toward a pitch-dark outlook.

The Man Who Quit Smoking (1972) poster
11. The Man Who Quit Smoking1972

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the gentle temperature; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

Hawks and Sparrows (1966) poster
12. Hawks and Sparrows1966

Keeps the patient, unhurried pace and the unmistakable directorial hand; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

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