72SSIFF - 20/28 September 2024
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Il ritorno di Casanova

Pasquale Festa Campanile
Italy
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Giacomo Casanova hopes to return to Venice after twenty-five years of exile, after a life dissipated by the Cortes of Europe. The old adventurer loves Marcolina with the illusion of rediscovering his youth, but she has relations with a young and handsome lieutenant, Lorenzi. Since Casanova's appeal to the fair sex is no longer enough, he must resort to other procedures. Lorenzi is ruined in the game and Casanova proposes to give him the sum lost on the condition that one night he will replace him in Marcolina's ranch. The lieutenant accepts, but imprisoned by a belated sense of dignity, waits outside Casanova and challenges the old conqueror to duel. The lieutenant falls dead and the old Casanova has the feeling of having killed himself.

Director
Pasquale Festa Campanile (Italy)
Screenplay
Pietro Chiara
Plot
Arthur Schnitzler (obra)
Photography
Giuseppe Ruzzolini
Edition
Gian Maria Messeri
Music
Riz Ortolani
Cast
Giulio Bosetti, Mirella D'Angelo, Piero Vida, Grazia Maria Spina, Francesca Marciano, Pietro Tordi, Enzo Robutti, Bianca Tossafondi, Carlo Simoni
Running Time
100 m.
Country
Italy
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