‘The Decameron’ Cast, Creator Break Down the Fiery Fate of [SPOILER]: ‘It Was All a Bit Chilling!’
variety.comHunter Ingram SPOILER ALERT: This post contains spoilers for the first season of “The Decameron,” now streaming on Netflix.
When the Black Plague is no longer the most lethal threat in the land, that’s when you know that things have gone off the rails.
And that’s exactly where Netflix’s new series “The Decameron” ends, with its privileged pandemic refugees struggling to survive a storm of egotism, greed and a touch of late-stage heroism.
The dark comedy from creator Kathleen Jordan is loosely inspired by the 14th century short-story collection by Giovanni Boccaccio, and follows an increasingly desperate group of wealthy Italian citizens who hole up in an isolated villa in Florence to escape the scourge of bubonic plague gripping Europe in the 1340s.
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