The Return of Casanova

The Return of Casanova
The Return of Casanova
	Film poster
Directed by	Édouard Niermans
Screenplay by	Jean-Claude Carrière
Based on	Casanova's Homecoming by Arthur Schnitzler
Produced by	Alain Delon
Starring	Alain Delon; Elsa Lunghini; Fabrice Luchini
Cinematography	Jean Penzer
Edited by	Yves Deschamps
Music by	Michel Portal; Bruno Coulais
Release date	13 May 1992;
Running time	93 minutes
Country	France
Language	French
Box office	356,908 admissions (France)

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

Alain Delon as Casanova
Fabrice Luchini as Camille
Elsa Lunghini (as Elsa) as Marcolina
Wadeck Stanczak as Lorenzi
Delia Boccardo as Amelie
Gilles Arbona as Olivo
Violetta Sanchez as Marquise
Jacques Boudet as Abbé
Philippe Leroy as the emissary
Alain Cuny as Marquis
Yveline Ailhaud as the female cook
Sarah Bertrand as the first woman
Rachel Bizet as Marie
Sandrine Blancke as Teresina
Sophie Bouilloux as Lise
Gabriel Dupont as the coachman

References

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

External links

The Return of Casanova at IMDb

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[1] Box office information for film at Box Office Story

[festival-cannes.com-2] "Festival de Cannes: The Return of Casanova". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 15 August 2009.

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v t e Jean-Claude Carrière
Films written	The Suitor (1962) Heureux Anniversaire (1962) Diary of a Chambermaid (1964) Yo Yo (1965) Viva Maria! (1965) Attack of the Robots (1966) The Diabolical Dr. Z (1966) As Long as You've Got Your Health (1966) Hotel Paradiso (1966) The Thief of Paris (1967) Belle de Jour (1967) Pour un amour lointain (1968) The Great Love (1969) The Milky Way (1969) La Piscine (1969) Borsalino (1970) Un peu de soleil dans l'eau froide (1971) The Wedding Ring (1971) Taking Off (1971) The Outside Man (1972) The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie (1972) Liza (1972) The Monk (1972) The Phantom of Liberty (1974) The Woman in Red Boots (1974) Serious as Pleasure (1975) La Chair de l'orchidée (1975) Weak Spot (1975) Scrambled Eggs (1976) Le Gang (1977) That Obscure Object of Desire (1977) Butterfly on the Shoulder (1978) Surprise Sock (1978) Jigsaw (1979) The Tin Drum (1979) Return to the Beloved (1979) The Associate (1979) Every Man for Himself (1980) The Return of Martin Guerre (1982) Passion (1982) The General of the Dead Army (1983) Danton (1983) Swann in Love (1984) Exploits of a Young Don Juan (1986) The Last Image (1986) Max, Mon Amour (1986) The Unbearable Lightness of Being (1988) The Possessed (1988) The Bengali Night (1988) Valmont (1989) Hard to Be a God (1989) The Mahabharata (1989) May Fools (1990) Cyrano de Bergerac (1990) At Play in the Fields of the Lord (1991) The Return of Casanova (1992) The Night and the Moment (1995) The Horseman on the Roof (1995) The Ogre (1996) Chinese Box (1997) War in the Highlands (1998) Birth (2004) Goya's Ghosts (2006) Ulzhan (2007) The Artist and the Model (2012) The Patience Stone (2012) In the Shadow of Women (2015) Lover for a Day (2017) A Faithful Man (2018) At Eternity's Gate (2018) The Salt of Tears (2020) The Crusade (2021) Land of Dreams (2021) The Plough (2023)
Stage works	The Mahabharata (1985) Clara (1998) Wagner Dream (2007)
TV series written	The Adventures of Robinson Crusoe (1964)
Books written	The Power of Buddhism (1999)

v t e Alain Delon
List of performances
Films directed	Pour la peau d'un flic (1981) Le Battant (1983)
Films produced	Jeff (1969) Borsalino (1970) The Love Mates (1970) Easy, Down There! (1971) Tony Arzenta (1973) Two Men in Town (1973) Borsalino & Co. (1974) Flic Story (1975) The Gypsy (1975) Boomerang (1976) Monsieur Klein (1976) Armaguedon (1977) Death of a Corrupt Man (1977) Le Gang (1977) Man in a Hurry (1977) Attention, the Kids Are Watching (1978) The Medic (1979) Three Men to Kill (1980) Parole de flic (1985) The Passage (1986) Let Sleeping Cops Lie (1988) Dancing Machine (1990) The Return of Casanova (1992)
Miscellaneous	Marković affair "Paroles, paroles"