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Virgin Territory
Action, Adventure, Comedy, Romance
In Black Death era Tuscany, as in the Decameron, ten young Florentines take refuge from the plague. But instead of telling stories, they have lusty adventures, bawdy exchanges, romance, swordplay, randy nuns, Saracen pirates, and a sexy cow.
View on IMDbAppeals to viewers who enjoy bawdy period farce with broad physical comedy, flirtatious escapades, and lavishly irreverent medieval adventure.
- Tone
- campy, playful, romantic
- Payoff
- amusement, swoon
- Pacing
- brisk
- Intensity
- moderate
- Structure
- episodic
- Themes
- desire, survival, class, deception, romance
- Setting
- fourteenth-century plague era, secluded Tuscan estates and countryside