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.