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Netflix has massacred The Decameron

But if you thought period drama couldn’t get any worse, here comes Amazon Prime’s Those About to Die

Zosia Mamet as Pampinea and Saoirse-Monica Jackson as Misia in an atrocious Netflix adaptation of Boccaccio's The Decameron. Image: Giulia Parmigiani/Netflix © 2024

  • The Decameron

    Netflix

  • Those About to Die

    Amazon Prime

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