: The film uses a frame story where Boccaccio himself (Jourdan) pursues the widowed Fiammetta (Fontaine). To win her over, he tells her stories that defend women against her cynical views. The Three Tales :
The BBC has produced multiple audio versions under the title Decameron Nights , modernizing Boccaccio's "indelicacies" for a contemporary audience. Decameron Nights
: A slow-moving story about a wife who welcomes a buccaneer’s advances after her husband refuses to pay her ransom. : The film uses a frame story where