Six tales from Giovanni Boccaccio’s Decameron are retold with sophistication, wit, style - and in verse - through shadow puppet animation in this videotape. Tales include Desire for Drink (Seventh Day, Fourth Story), Holier than Thou (Nineth Day, Second Story), Beauty of Bologna (Seventh Day, Seventh Story), Theme and Variation (Seventh Day, First Story), Cross Purposes (Fifth Day, Tenth Story) and Pestle and Mortar (Eighth Day, Second Story). Produced and directed by Esme Solnick.