Shabana Azmi joins international stars in celebrated Italian author Erri de Luca's new project, The Decameron 2020, in which a select group of authors from different nations have been invited to pen 1,000-word long stories about the worldwide COVID-19 crisis. Leading actors from around the globe are enacting the pieces. They are shooting for it from the confines of their home.

Tony award-winning director Michael Mayer is working with Erri and Erri's partner and manager, Paola Bisson, in order to turn the stories into dramatic recitations.