Decameroticus is a 1972 film directed by Pier Giorgio Ferretti. Inspired by tales of Boccaccio, Aretino and Bandello, it is divided into five episodes, in which the main theme is that of the cuckolded hu**and. In the episode The cucumber Ciccillo, the hu**and bees beak trusting that a cucumber, peddled by the magician and healer Ciccillo, as a panacea for everything female, will be the antidote to heal the terrible boredom of his wife.