The Return of Casanova
Film poster
Directed byÉdouard Niermans
Screenplay byJean-Claude Carrière
Based onCasanova's Homecoming by Arthur Schnitzler
Produced byAlain Delon
StarringAlain Delon
Elsa Lunghini
Fabrice Luchini
CinematographyJean Penzer
Edited byYves Deschamps
Music byMichel Portal
Bruno Coulais
Release date
  • 13 May 1992 (1992-05-13)
Running time
93 minutes
CountryFrance
LanguageFrench
Box office356,908 admissions (France)[1]

The Return of Casanova (French: Le Retour de Casanova) is a 1992 French period drama film directed by Édouard Niermans, and based on Arthur Schnitzler's novella Casanova's Homecoming. It was entered into the 1992 Cannes Film Festival.[2]

Plot

After many years of rambling across Europe, the aging Giacomo Casanova is impoverished. He wants to return to the Republic of Venice but he doesn't dare going there directly because he was a fugitive when he left. While he tries to find a way to get a pardon, he meets a young lady named Marcolina. The more he shows his affection, the more ostentatiously she rejects him. Even so he doesn't give up on her because her lover Lorenzo has grave gaming debts. In return for the required money, Lorenzo tells Casanova about a looming secret rendezvous with Marcolina. Moreover, he lets Casanova take his place. Under cover of the night, Casanova finally seduces her. Lorenzo later feels his honour was besmirched and demands satisfaction. Casanova kills him in a duel and then goes home to Venice.

Cast

References

  1. ↑ Box office information for film at Box Office Story
  2. ↑ "Festival de Cannes: The Return of Casanova". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 15 August 2009.
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