Netflix has released a trailer and images for The Decameron, the dark comedy series loosely inspired by the 14th century story collection of the same name by Italian writer Giovanni Boccaccio, which explores the themes of survival and class struggles in Florence during the deadliest pandemic in human history, the Black Death; take a look here…
You are cordially invited to a wine-soaked sex romp set in the Italian countryside. The Decameron is a soapy dark comedy that examines the all-too-timely theme of class struggles in the season of a pandemic. In the year 1348, the Black Death strikes hard in the city of Florence, and a handful of nobles retreat with their servants to a grand villa to wait out the plague with a lavish holiday. But as social rules wear thin, a scramble for survival ensues, brought to life by a cast of characters both cunning and outrageous.
The series stars Amar Chadha-Patel, Leila Farzad, Lou Gala, Karan Gill, Tony Hale, Saoirse-Monica Jackson, Zosia Mamet, Douggie McMeekin, Jessica Plummer, and Tanya Reynolds.
The Decameron arrives on Netflix on July 25th.
