The story follows ten young Florentines who flee the plague-ridden city for the Tuscan countryside. While Boccaccio's original characters pass the time telling stories, Leland's version transforms these tales into lived-in, "bawdy" adventures.
Virgin Territory (released in , though developed earlier) is a romantic adventure comedy set against the backdrop of the Black Death in 14th-century Florence. Directed by David Leland , the film is a loose, modernized adaptation of Giovanni Boccaccio’s The Decameron . Core Narrative & Analysis