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* ShownTheirWork: The film actually has many accurate details regarding monastic life and humor of the Late Medieval era. Many nuns were indeed sent to convents unwillingly by their families, for education or because of poverty. As a result, some were pretty unenthusiastic at their life and didn't take it too seriously (e.g. having sex with men or each other). The chores which they're shown doing are the kind of things nuns would really do. Bawdy humor with nuns, priests or monks was very common-what we see in the film is actually pretty mild compared with many works then, and that includes ''Literature/TheDecameron'' that inspired it as well. The main differences of course are the dialogue, a Jewish woman being a nun, and the witches' sabbath (which wasn't even a trope until centuries later) but otherwise it's pretty authentic.
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* PeriodPieceModernLanguage: The film looks like a 14th-century Italian convent period piece, but has contemporary dialogue.
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A 2017 comedy film set in an AnachronismStew version of 14th century Italy, loosely adapted from Creator/GiovanniBoccaccio's ''Literature/TheDecameron''

The film is directed by Jeff Baena and featuring an AllStarCast including Creator/AlisonBrie, Creator/DaveFranco, Creator/AubreyPlaza, Creator/KateMicucci, Creator/JohnCReilly, [[Series/SaturdayNightLive Molly Shannon]], Creator/NickOfferman, and [[Series/{{Portlandia}} Fred Armisen]].



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A 2017 comedy film set in an AnachronismStew version of 14th century Italy, loosely adapted from Creator/GiovanniBoccaccio's ''Literature/TheDecameron''

''Literature/TheDecameron''. It was written for the screen and directed by Creator/JeffBaena.

The film is directed by Jeff Baena and featuring an AllStarCast including Creator/AlisonBrie, Creator/DaveFranco, Creator/AubreyPlaza, Creator/KateMicucci, Creator/JohnCReilly, [[Series/SaturdayNightLive Molly Shannon]], Creator/MollyShannon, Creator/NickOfferman, and [[Series/{{Portlandia}} Fred Armisen]].


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-->'''Bruno''': Bring me his fucking balls.

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-->'''Bruno''': Bring me his fucking [[PrecisionFStrike fucking]] balls.
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* GroinAttack: Lord Bruno asks his goons to do this to Massetto for him.
-->'''Bruno''': Bring me his fucking balls.
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* DepravedBisexual: Fernanda has sex with Ginevra (plus other women in the past, we learn), though she's also into Massetto (no matter what he thinks of the matter), later taking him to a witches' ceremony where many more women can have sex him, then he'll be killed.

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* DepravedBisexual: Fernanda has sex with Ginevra (plus other women in the past, we learn), though she's also into Massetto (no matter what he thinks of the matter), later taking him to a witches' ceremony where many more women can have sex him, then he'll be killed.matter).
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* NunTooHoly: The essential premise of the movie.

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* NunTooHoly: The essential premise of the movie. The nuns in this movie swear, have sex, are rude, even violent, and even participate in a magic ritual in the woods at one point. And it's hillarious.
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* NaughtyNuns: All of the nuns in the movie.

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* NaughtyNuns: All of the nuns in the movie. They get it on with men and also each other without any qualm.

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* CoitusInterruptus: Massetto was about to have sex with Alessandra, though they didn't manage it since another nun comes into the room.


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* InterruptedIntimacy: Massetto was about to have sex with Alessandra, though they didn't manage it since another nun comes into the room.
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* CastingGag: Alison Brie, who's Jewish, uses "Jew" as an insult toward someone playing an Italian nun in the 1300s.

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* CastingGag: Alison Brie, who's Jewish, uses "Jew" as an insult toward someone someone, playing an Italian nun in the 1300s.

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* CastingGag: Alison Brie, who's Jewish, uses "Jew" as an insult toward someone playing an Italian nun in the 1300s.



* {{Irony}}: Alison Brie, who's Jewish, uses "Jew" as an insult toward someone playing an Italian nun in the 1300s.
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* DepravedBisexual: Fernanda has sex with Ginevra (plus other women in the past, we learn), though she's also into Massetto (no matter what he thinks of the matter), later taking him to a witches' ceremony where many more women can have sex him, then he'll be killed.


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* HumanSacrifice: Massetto is staged for sacrifice after the witches' fertility ritual.
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* CorruptChurch: Aside from Bishop Bartolomeo, all of the clergy portrayed are breaking their vows and having sex all over the place.

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* CorruptChurch: Aside from Bishop Bartolomeo, all of the clergy portrayed are breaking their vows and by having sex all over the place.quite frequently.

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* TheAtoner: Massetto tries to do penance for adultery and sodomy while at the convent. It doesn't last long however as he's surrounded by lustful young nuns.
* CoitusInterruptus: Massetto was about to have sex with Alessandra, though they didn't manage it since another nun comes into the room.



* MrFanservice: Masseto spends most of the movie in different states of undress. InUniverse, several of the nuns [[spoiler:immediately start trying, or outright doing, to have sex with him. Even an entire coven of witches.]]

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* CorruptChurch: Aside from Bishop Bartolomeo, all of the clergy portrayed are breaking their vows and having sex all over the place.
* DeliberateValuesDissonance: "Jew" is used as an insult, and the sexual behavior of the characters (which, aside from the adultery, would now be largely considered if not innocuous then at least expected for modern Westerners) instead gets treated as gravely wrong, per authentic Catholic rules.
* DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment: At the nuns' trial, Bishop Bartolomeo notes that Fernanda is guilty both of laying with women and homosexuality, admitting it's the same thing, though they separate it.
* FailedASpotCheck: The old nun who goes into the room where Alessandra and Massetto are getting it on doesn't seem to notice at all, though her presence makes them stop.
* FanserviceExtra: The background witches are all dancing around naked at the sabbat. Most of them are young, attractive women (though it's [[FanDisservice subverted]] in one case with a woman who's very much ''not'').
* ForcefulKiss: Massetto gets this multiple times from the nuns.
* InformedJudaism: Ginevra abruptly reveals she's Jewish to Massetto, and then the other characters learn it too. No other sign is given, but it's justified as she's a nun (at least technically-it's invalid given she was never baptized). Why she went into a convent is never revealed.
* {{Irony}}: Alison Brie, who's Jewish, uses "Jew" as an insult toward someone playing an Italian nun in the 1300s.
* {{Jerkass}}: Alessandra, Ginevra and Fernanda give the first gardener Lurco crap for no real reason. All he does is look at them in a friendly way and make conversation. They respond to this by insulting and even pummeling the poor guy.
* MrFanservice: Handsome young Masseto spends most of the movie in different states of undress. InUniverse, several of the nuns [[spoiler:immediately start trying, or outright doing, trying to have sex with him. Even an entire coven of witches.]]]]
* MsFanservice: Ginevra dances around naked at the witches' sabbat, while Fernanda and Marta are shown topless there as well.
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A 2017 comedy film set in an AnachronismStew version of medieval Italy, loosely adapted from Creator/GiovanniBoccaccio's ''Literature/TheDecameron''

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A 2017 comedy film set in an AnachronismStew version of medieval 14th century Italy, loosely adapted from Creator/GiovanniBoccaccio's ''Literature/TheDecameron''
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* TheAlcoholic: Father Tommasso is drunk in several of his scenes, and even drops the fabrics he is supposed to sell in town into the river because he was drinking the sacramental wine.

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* TheAlcoholic: Father Tommasso is drunk in several of his scenes, and even drops the fabrics he is supposed to sell in town into the river because he was drinking the drunk on sacramental wine.
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* SecretRelationship: [[spoiler:Father Tommasso and Sister Marea are sleeping together.]]

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* SecretRelationship: [[spoiler:Father Tommasso and Sister Mother Marea are sleeping together.]]
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The film is directed by Jeff Baena and featuring an AllStarCast including Creator/AlisonBrie, Dave Franco, Creator/AubreyPlaza, Creator/KateMicucci, Creator/JohnCReilly, [[Series/SaturdayNightLive Molly Shannon]], Creator/NickOfferman, and [[Series/{{Portlandia}} Fred Armisen]].



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The film is directed by Jeff Baena and featuring an AllStarCast including Creator/AlisonBrie, Dave Franco, Creator/DaveFranco, Creator/AubreyPlaza, Creator/KateMicucci, Creator/JohnCReilly, [[Series/SaturdayNightLive Molly Shannon]], Creator/NickOfferman, and [[Series/{{Portlandia}} Fred Armisen]].


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* NotEvenBotheringWithTheAccent: Everyone. Lampshaded by several characters asking if Jemima Kirke's character is from another town, as she's the only Brit in the cast.

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A 2017 comedy film directed by Jeff Baena and featuring an AllStarCast including Creator/AlisonBrie, Dave Franco, Creator/AubreyPlaza, Creator/KateMicucci, Creator/JohnCReilly, [[Series/SaturdayNightLive Molly Shannon]], Creator/NickOfferman, and [[Series/{{Portlandia}} Fred Armisen]].

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A 2017 comedy film set in an AnachronismStew version of medieval Italy, loosely adapted from Creator/GiovanniBoccaccio's ''Literature/TheDecameron''

The film is
directed by Jeff Baena and featuring an AllStarCast including Creator/AlisonBrie, Dave Franco, Creator/AubreyPlaza, Creator/KateMicucci, Creator/JohnCReilly, [[Series/SaturdayNightLive Molly Shannon]], Creator/NickOfferman, and [[Series/{{Portlandia}} Fred Armisen]].
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A 2017 comedy film directed by Jeff Baena and featuring an AllStarCast including Creator/AlisonBrie, Dave Franco, Creator/AubreyPlaza, [[Music/GarfunkelAndOates Kate Micucci]], Creator/JohnCReilly, [[Series/SaturdayNightLive Molly Shannon]], Creator/NickOfferman, and [[Series/{{Portlandia}} Fred Armisen]].

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A 2017 comedy film directed by Jeff Baena and featuring an AllStarCast including Creator/AlisonBrie, Dave Franco, Creator/AubreyPlaza, [[Music/GarfunkelAndOates Kate Micucci]], Creator/KateMicucci, Creator/JohnCReilly, [[Series/SaturdayNightLive Molly Shannon]], Creator/NickOfferman, and [[Series/{{Portlandia}} Fred Armisen]].
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!!''The Little Hours'' contains examples of:



* ThoseTwoGuys: Bruno's guards, Paolo and Gregorio, who even engage in SeinfeldianConversation at one point.

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* ThoseTwoGuys: Bruno's guards, Paolo and Gregorio, who even engage in SeinfeldianConversation at one point.point.
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* MrFanservice: Masseto spends most of the movie in different states of undress. InUniverse, several of the nuns [[spoiler:immediately start trying, or outright doing, to have sex with him. Even an entire coven of witches.]]


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* QuestionableConsent: [[spoiler:While Masseto ultimately seems to enjoy the threesome he finds himself in with Fernanda and her friend, he was coerced into it. Later, the witches outright try to kill him after having sex with him in a fertility ritual.]]
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* TheAlcoholic: Father Tommasso is drunk in several of his scenes, and even drops the fabrics he is supposed to sell in town in the river because he was drunk off the sacramental wine.

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* TheAlcoholic: Father Tommasso is drunk in several of his scenes, and even drops the fabrics he is supposed to sell in town in into the river because he was drunk off drinking the sacramental wine.

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* TheAlcoholic: Father Tommasso is drunk in most of his scenes.

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* TheAlcoholic: Father Tommasso is drunk in most several of his scenes.scenes, and even drops the fabrics he is supposed to sell in town in the river because he was drunk off the sacramental wine.
* ColdBloodedTorture: What Lord Bruno plans to inflict on Massetto for sleeping with his wife. He even has a scene describing the various torture methods the latter has to look forward to.



* ObfuscatingDisability: Massetto pretends to be deaf.

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* ObfuscatingDisability: Massetto pretends to be deaf.deaf and mute.
* SecretRelationship: [[spoiler:Father Tommasso and Sister Marea are sleeping together.]]
* ThoseTwoGuys: Bruno's guards, Paolo and Gregorio, who even engage in SeinfeldianConversation at one point.
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* TheAlcholic: Father Tommasso is drunk in most of his scenes.

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* TheAlcholic: TheAlcoholic: Father Tommasso is drunk in most of his scenes.
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A 2017 comedy film directed by Jeff Baena and featuring an AllStarCast including Creator/AlisonBrie, Dave Franco, Creator/AubreyPlaza, [[Music/GarfunkelAndOates Kate Micucci]], Creator/JohnCReilly, [[Series/SaturdayNightLive Molly Shannon]], Creator/NickOfferman, and [[Series/{{Portlandia}} Fred Armisen]].

* TheAlcholic: Father Tommasso is drunk in most of his scenes.
* NaughtyNuns: All of the nuns in the movie.
* NunTooHoly: The essential premise of the movie.
* ObfuscatingDisability: Massetto pretends to be deaf.

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