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Casanova's Return
Leo Bernardi is a successful and acclaimed Italian director. He’s approaching the end of his career but he cannot accept his slow decline. He has just finished shooting his last movie and he’s deeply sad. The movie is inspired by the novel about Casanova written by Arthur Schnitzler, a character so similar to the director, even more than he could imagine. Schnitzler’s Casanova is aged, glory days are over: he lost his charm and his attraction to women, he’s broke and no more eager to travel through Europe. After a long exile, he just wants to go back to Venice, his homeland. While traveling home Casanova meets a girl, Marcolina. She reawakens his desire, lost for years. So, he tries to seduce her but that leads him to a tragic understanding: he’s an old man now. It’s not by chance that Leo Bernardi decided to tell this story right now, in a pivotal moment of his life and career. The destiny of both Casanova and his director leads them to a final confrontation.
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Leo Bernardi is a successful and acclaimed Italian director. He’s approaching the end of his career but he cannot accept his slow decline. He has just finished shooting his last movie and he’s deeply sad. The movie is inspired by the novel about Casanova written by Arthur Schnitzler, a character so similar to the director, even more than he could imagine. Schnitzler’s Casanova is aged, glory days are over: he lost his charm and his attraction to women, he’s broke and no more eager to travel through Europe. After a long exile, he just wants to go back to Venice, his homeland. While traveling home Casanova meets a girl, Marcolina. She reawakens his desire, lost for years. So, he tries to seduce her but that leads him to a tragic understanding: he’s an old man now. It’s not by chance that Leo Bernardi decided to tell this story right now, in a pivotal moment of his life and career. The destiny of both Casanova and his director leads them to a final confrontation.
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Genre:Comedy, Drama
Written By:Gabriele Salvatores, Umberto Contarello, Sara Mosetti
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Runtime:95 minutes
Studio:Indiana Production, Babe Films, EDI Effetti Digitali Italiani, RAI Cinema
Cast
Gabriele Salvatores
Director
Toni Servillo
Leo Bernardi
Sara Serraiocco
Silvia
Fabrizio Bentivoglio
Giacomo Casanova
Natalino Balasso
Gianni
Bianca Panconi
Marcolina
Ale
Olivo
Antonio Catania
Alberto
Elio De Capitani
Marchese Celsi
Angelo Di Genio
Tenente Lorenzi
Franz
Uomo pronto soccorso
Walter Leonardi
Tecnico domotica
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