Glimpses of Chaucer penning his famous work are sprinkled through this re-enactment of several of his stories.
Odd couple Ivo Salvini, recently released from a mental asylum, and former prefect Gonnella wander through the countryside and discover a dystopia made of television commercials, beauty pageants, rock music, Catholicism, and pagan rituals.
World-renowned director Martin Scorsese narrates this journey through his favorites in Italian cinema.
