An adaptation of six of Geoffrey Chaucer's Canterbury Tales in a modern setting.
On their way to Canterbury, a group of noblemen and women play a game to see who can tell the best erotic story.
During the Trojan War, a Trojan warrior is distraught when his lover takes up with a Greek.
The comic erotic misadventures of pilgrims comprised of young widows, buxom servants, newlywed brides and eager peasants while they travel from Canterbury to London to visit the tomb of Thomas Becket.
Pasolini's artistic, sometimes violent, always vividly cinematic retelling of some of Chaucer's most erotic tales.