The Decameron (Italian: Il Decameron) is a 1971 sex comedy anthology film written and directed by Pier Paolo Pasolini, based on the 14th-century collection of stories by Giovanni Boccaccio. It is the first film of Pasolini's Trilogy of Life, the others being The Canterbury Tales and Arabian Nights. Each film was an adaptation of a different piece of classical literature focusing on ribald, earthy and often irreligious themes. The tales contain abundant nudity, sex, slapstick and toilet humour.