Virgin Territory

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Virgin Territory
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	David Leland
Written by	Giovanni Boccaccio (Book) David Leland (screenplay)
Starring	Hayden Christensen Mischa Barton
Music by	Ilan Eshkeri
Distributed by	The Weinstein Company
Release date(s)	December 12, 2007 (France)
Running time	93 min
Country	United States Italy France
Language	English Russian
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Virgin Territory is a 2007 romantic comedy film based upon Giovanni Boccaccio's Decameron. It has also been known under the working titles "The Decameron," "Angels and Virgins", "Guilty Pleasures" and "Chasing Temptation". The film was released in France in December 12, 2007 under the title "Medieval Pie".

[edit] Plot

The film is set in Italy during the Black Death. A group of young Florentines are set to go to a villa that belonged to Pampinea's father to attend her wedding with Count Dzerzhinsky. Pampinea escapes to a convent to escape from everything that is going on and remain with her chastity. At the convent she meets with Lorenzo who thinks Pampinea to be the most beautiful but is unaware that she is there. Pampinea kisses Lorenzo blindfolded and he falls in love with her. Pampinea sets out to the villa where she is to get married to Gerbino after he tricked her into believing that it was her father's wish to marry him. The priest marries them but then comes Count Dzerzhinsky to stop the wedding because he is the one who is supposed to marry Pampinea. Believing that Pampinea is Elissa he fights Gerbino and knocks his sword out of his hand. Then Lorenzo convinces the Count to let him fight Gerbino by the well. (Earlier on in the movie we learn that Gerbino is afraid of heights when Pampinea was leaning over the well). While Lorenzo and Gerbino are sword fighting,Gerbino falls into the well and dies. Pampinea ends up with Lorenzo after he finds out that it was she who gave him the kiss and they live happily ever after. (It turns out that the priest wasn't a real one to begin with.) The Count is with Elissa in the end as well.