That Night in Varennes (Italian: Il mondo nuovo; French: La Nuit de Varennes) is a 1982 French-Italian drama film directed by Ettore Scola.[1] It is based on a novel by Catherine Rihoit. It tells the story of a fictional meeting among Restif de la Bretonne, Giacomo Casanova, Thomas Paine and Sophie de la Borde (a lady in waiting to the queen). They are all traveling together in a coach that is a few hours behind the one that is carrying King Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette in their flight to Varennes during the French Revolution.
| That Night in Varennes | |
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 French poster for film | |
| Directed by | Ettore Scola |
| Screenplay by | Sergio Amidei Ettore Scola |
| Based on | La Nuit de Varennes ou l'Impossible n'est pas français by Catherine Rihoit |
| Produced by | Renzo Rossellini |
| Starring | Jean-Louis Barrault Marcello Mastroianni Hanna Schygulla Harvey Keitel |
| Cinematography | Armando Nannuzzi |
| Edited by | Raimondo Crociani |
| Music by | Armando Trovajoli |
| Distributed by | Triumph Releasing Corporation (USA) |
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Running time | 150 minutes |
| Countries | France Italy |
| Languages | French Italian |
The film was entered into the 1982 Cannes Film Festival.[2] The film was nominated for Best Foreign Language Film by the U.S. National Board of Review of Motion Pictures.[3]
Selected cast
edit- Jean-Louis Barrault as Nicolas Edmé Restif de la Bretonne
- Marcello Mastroianni as Casanova, Chevalier de Seingalt
- Hanna Schygulla as Countess Sophie de la Borde
- Harvey Keitel as Thomas Paine
- Jean-Claude Brialy as Monsieur Jacob
- Andréa Ferréol as Madame Adélaïde Gagnon
- Michel Vitold as De Florange
- Laura Betti as Virginia Capacelli
- Pierre Malet as Emile Delage, student revolutionary
- Enzo Jannacci as the Italian clown
- Daniel Gélin as De Wendel
- Didi Perego as Madame Sauce
- Caterina Boratto as Madame Faustine
- Dora Doll as Nanette Precy
- Hugues Quester as Jean-Louis Romeuf
- Jean-Louis Trintignant as Monsieur Sauce
- Michel Piccoli as King Louis XVI
References
edit- ^ "NY Times: That Night in Varennes". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. Baseline & All Movie Guide. 2009. Archived from the original on 2009-10-29. Retrieved 2009-03-29.
- ^ "Festival de Cannes: That Night in Varennes". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 2009-06-12.
- ^ "1983 Award Winners". National Board of Review of Motion Pictures. 2016. Retrieved 17 November 2016.
External links
edit- That Night in Varennes at IMDb
- That Night in Varennes at AllMovie
- That Night in Varennes at Rotten Tomatoes
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