This is the second in Pasolini's series of setting classic bawdy tales to film... In this case, he selected eight of Chaucer's Canterbury Tales, including the infamous miller's tale and the incident with the red hot poker kiss...The tales revolve around a group of pilgrims who are journeying to the shrine of Saint Thomas a Becket of Canterbury... The trip is so boring that they begin telling each other stories that soon get obscene, gory and very sexy... Pasolini adds another motif to his visualization by placing Chaucer himself into the movie, periodically cutting to him writing at his desk...