Virgin Territory (2007) : The Bizarre Medieval Raunchy Comedy
For modern audiences, the film is often viewed as a "guilty pleasure" or a curiosity. It is remembered less for its content and more for the moment in time it captures—a fleeting era when Mischa Barton and Hayden Christensen were among the biggest young stars in Hollywood. virgin territory 2007
The screenplay is loosely adapted from The Decameron , a landmark 14th-century collection of novellas by Italian author Giovanni Boccaccio. The Historical Setting Virgin Territory (2007) : The Bizarre Medieval Raunchy
Italian fashion tycoon Roberto Cavalli and Peter Dundas Shot in Italy and Romania, the locations are
Dino De Laurentiis, Martha De Laurentiis, Tarak Ben Ammar
Directed by David Leland and produced by Dino De Laurentiis, the film boasts a surprisingly high-profile cast for a movie that has largely faded into obscurity. It is a strange cinematic artifact—a film that tries to be a bawdy period piece, a teen sex comedy, and a softcore romance all at once, succeeding fully at none of them.
Visually, the film is surprisingly competent. Shot in Italy and Romania, the locations are authentic and the costumes are appropriately lavish. There is a sun-drenched, dreamlike quality to the cinematography that occasionally reminds the viewer that this is, technically, an adaptation of great literature. The contrast between the beautiful cast and the filthy reality of medieval life is clearly intentional, but the execution feels more like a fashion photoshoot than a narrative film.